Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Imperial Discourses - a lesson in context creation
Tipu Sultan was one of the more interesting leaders of pre-colonial inda. A man who fought bitterly to preserve his kingdom in the face of the expanding East India comapy and his lazy nieghbours.
This article does a good job of exploring the parallel nature of ccreating a discourse to justify the ultimate subjegation of a people.
This article does a good job of exploring the parallel nature of ccreating a discourse to justify the ultimate subjegation of a people.