A Memoir of Central India

Abstract

Sir John Malcolm (1769–1833) was a soldier and diplomat in British India and Persia. He returned to India on the eve of the British conquest of Malwa, a region of central India previously little known to Europeans, in 1818. Malcolm studied the region's geology, its agriculture and the history of its ruling families in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His reports were first published in Calcutta in 1821, and were revised and expanded for publication in two volumes in London in 1823. Based on interviews with native inhabitants and oral testimonies, Malcolm's work was the leading authority on Malwa until the 1930s. Despite more recent scholarship on the region, Malcolm's work remains valuable for its first-hand account of nineteenth-century Malwa's politics, culture and society. Volume 1 contains overviews of Malwa's geology, agriculture and the government of the leading families.

Between qanungos and clerks: the cultural and service worlds of Hindustan's pensmen,c.1750–1850

“…21 Lala Jwala Prasad, a Kayastha and an Extra Assistant Commissioner in central India during the 1910s, noted that they 'were the first to learn Persian, the language of the Muhammedan invaders of India, and to obtain the posts of accountants and revenue collectors'. 22 Kayasthas in Awadh and the middle Doab, such as the Navreens, Vermas, Rais and Narains were attracted to the gentry service opportunities under the Mughals which presented a ready template of literacy service, 23 albeit under new rulers who bowed westwards and spoke the language of the Shahs.…”

Imagem e dissolução: entre as Investigações e Da certeza

“…E assim vêmo-los, um atrás do outro, a seguirem pelos mesmos caminhos e já sabemos onde este agora irá virar, onde ele continuará em frente sem reparar na 24 "philosophischen d.i. grammatischen Konfusionen" 25 "Und, sie daraus zu befreien, setzt voraus, dass man sie aus den ungeheuer mannigfachen Verbindungen herausreisst, in denen sie gefangen sind. Man muss sozusagen ihre ganze Sprache umgruppieren.…”

“…Eu deveria então colocar letreiros em todos os locais onde entroncam falsos caminhos para ajudar a passar os pontos perigosos. 26 Wittgenstein apresenta, então, de forma mais específica, relacionada à filosofia, essa inscrição na linguagem dos mais antigos hábitos de pensamento:…”

“…This shews you--it might be said--how closely certain gestures, pictures, reactions, are linked with a constantly practiced use. 26 "Und so sehen wir also Einen nach dem Andern die gleichen Wege gehen und wissen schon, wo er jetzt abbiegen wird, wo er geradaus fortgehen wird, ohne die Abzweigung zu bemerken, etc. etc.. Ich sollte also an allen den Stellen, wo falsche We[t|g]e abzweigen, Tafeln aufstellen, die über die gefährlichen Punkte hinweghelfen".…”

“…No texto da Gramática Filosófica, que consideramos acima 28 , por exemplo, as regras ocupam a posição de resposta à pergunta pela significação que não é recusada por Wittgenstein. 25 Em "Remarks on logical form", de 1929, Philosophical Remarks, de 1929-1930, Gramática Filosófica, de 1931-1933 e Wittgenstein and the Wien Circle . "The calculus model only really came to prominence in the early 1930's, once Wittgenstein had given up logical atomism and began to insist on the variety of different ways that language can be used", segundo David.…”