Moral technology electrification as political ritual in New Delhi
Coleman, Leo
Moral technology electrification as political ritual in New Delhi - New York Cornell University Press 2017 - xviii, 232 p. 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-222) and index.
Introduction : the Electricity Acts -- The machinery of government -- Ritual center and divided city -- The life blood of the nation -- Broadcast mantras -- The life of property -- A model colony -- Conclusion : the art of a free society.
"This book is about the cultural politics of electrification in India's capital city, and the role of technological infrastructures in shaping contemporary political imaginations in India--imaginations of the state, and also at a local level, of urban interdependence and solidarity. Drawing on both historical and ethnographic case-studies, this book examines colonial electrical installations in Delhi, nationalist legislation for nationwide electrification, and electricity privatization and neighborhood political organization in the early 2000s"--
9781501707520
2016043403
Electrification--Political aspects--India--New Delhi.
Electric utilities--Political aspects--India--New Delhi.
Technology and state--India--New Delhi.
Technology--Anthropological aspects--India--New Delhi.
Political science--Anthropological aspects--India--New Delhi.
HD9685.I43 / N4915 2017
333.7932095456 / CO-M
Moral technology electrification as political ritual in New Delhi - New York Cornell University Press 2017 - xviii, 232 p. 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-222) and index.
Introduction : the Electricity Acts -- The machinery of government -- Ritual center and divided city -- The life blood of the nation -- Broadcast mantras -- The life of property -- A model colony -- Conclusion : the art of a free society.
"This book is about the cultural politics of electrification in India's capital city, and the role of technological infrastructures in shaping contemporary political imaginations in India--imaginations of the state, and also at a local level, of urban interdependence and solidarity. Drawing on both historical and ethnographic case-studies, this book examines colonial electrical installations in Delhi, nationalist legislation for nationwide electrification, and electricity privatization and neighborhood political organization in the early 2000s"--
9781501707520
2016043403
Electrification--Political aspects--India--New Delhi.
Electric utilities--Political aspects--India--New Delhi.
Technology and state--India--New Delhi.
Technology--Anthropological aspects--India--New Delhi.
Political science--Anthropological aspects--India--New Delhi.
HD9685.I43 / N4915 2017
333.7932095456 / CO-M