The History of History : Politics and Scholarship in Modern India

The History of History : Politics and Scholarship in Modern India

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A radical contribution to the understanding of Indian history as a discipline, this book explores the politics of history-writing in modern India. It narrativizes the engagement of a civilization with the historical sensibility and modality. In doing so, it asserts that history, in order to be
understood better, has to deploy the language of the layperson in India, and interact with the mythic, the ahistorical, and the folk. The endeavor is not to offer a comprehensive account over the last two centuries, but rather to explore the manner in which historical thinking inserted itself into
the public domain.

The History of History: Politics and Scholarship in Modern India ,Vinay Lal,Oxford University Press, USA,0195672445,Asia - India,Asia - India & South Asia,Historiography,History,History - General History,History: World,World - General,History / India,History, World | India,India,POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

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