The history of history: politics and scholarship in modern India

A contribution to the understanding of Indian history as a discipline, this book explores the politics of history-writing in India. It narrates the engagement of a civilisation with the historical sensibility and modality. In doing so, it asserts that history, in order to be understood better, has t...

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1. Verfasser: Lal, Vinay 1961- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2005
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Zusammenfassung:A contribution to the understanding of Indian history as a discipline, this book explores the politics of history-writing in India. It narrates the engagement of a civilisation 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
Beschreibung:Originally published: 2003
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 325 p.)
ISBN:9780199081929
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195672442.001.0001

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