Bärbel Högner, Chandigarh nach Le Corbusier: Ethnographie einer postcolonialen Planstadt in Indien

Abstract

What in 2018 does the division between east and west mean and does it still remain possible to equate one with tradition and the other with modernity? If an inhabitant of a small European city whose medieval street plan is still discernable attends a performance of a Bach cantata and Christmas or Easter services, is he or she hopelessly mired in tradition? And must Indians who consider themselves modern necessarily forsake all localized belief systems and social practices to achieve that goal...