Question

How did James Mill and Thomas Macaulay criticize Orientalist ?

Answer 1

James Mill and Thomas Macaulay were very critical of the Eastern education.They thought that there was no scholar in India compared to western..
They thought that Indians should be given technical and scientific education rather than the poetry and sacred literature of the East
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Answer 2

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The British effort, James Mill declared, should not be to teach what the natives wanted, or what they respected, in order to please them and "win a place in their heart". The aim of education ought to be to teach what was useful and practical. So Indians should be made familiar with the scientific and technical advances that the West had made, rather than with the poetry and sacred literature of the Orient.

Macaulay emphasised the need to teach the English language. He felt that knowledge of English would allow Indians to read some of the finest literature the world had produced; it would make them aware of the developments in Western Science and philosophy. Teaching of English could thus be a way of civilising people. Changing their tastes, values and culture.