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The Making of Indian Diplomacy: a Critique of Eurocentrism Deep Datta-ray
The Making of Indian Diplomacy: a Critique of Eurocentrism
Deep Datta-ray
Diplomacy is conventionally understood as an authentic European invention which was internationalised during colonialism. For Indians, the moment of colonial liberation was a false dawn because the colonised had internalised a European logic and performed European practices. Implicit in such a reading is the enduring centrality of Europe to understanding Indian diplomacy. This Eurocentric discourse renders two possibilities impossible: that diplomacy may have Indian origins and that they offer un-theorised potentialities.
Abandoning this Eurocentric model of diplomacy, Deep Datta-Ray recognises the legitimacy of independent Indian diplomacy and brings new practices He creates a conceptual space for Indian diplomacy to exist, forefronting civilisational analysis and its focus on continuities, but refraining from devaluing transformational change.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 15, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780190206673 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 589 g |
| Language | English |