Reclaiming modern science for Third World progressive social movements

It is precisely the critical dimension of science movements in India which has been silenced by the new critiques of science. Modern science has been given a middle name -'western' - which casts a long shadow of doubt on its validity and usefulness. There are three basic issues which are basic to the understanding of Indian science 'wars': one, the flawed logic of treating the criteria of validity of all knowledge as internal to the cultural context; two, the location of postcolonial intellectuals in the transnational academic networks that have given epistemological anti-imperialism so much respectability, and finally, the necessity of a scientific worldview for the advancement of equality and justice for all.