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The Past as Present

- Forging Contemporary Identities Through History
Af: Romila Thapar Engelsk Hardback

The Past as Present

- Forging Contemporary Identities Through History
Af: Romila Thapar Engelsk Hardback
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Nations need identities. These are created from perceptions of how societies have evolved. In this, history plays a central role. Insisting on reliable history is therefore crucial to more than just a pedagogic cause. Delicate relationships between the past and present or an exacting understanding of the past, call for careful analyses.   Understanding India’s past is of vital importance to the present. Many popularly held views about the past need to be critically enquired into before they can be taken as historical. Why is it important for Indian society to be secular? When did communalism as an ideology gain a foothold in the country? How and when did the patriarchal system begin to support a culture of violence against women?   Historian Romila Thapar has investigated, analyzed, and interpreted the history that underlies such questions throughout her career. Through the incisive essays in The Past as Present, she argues that it is of critical importance for the Indian past to be carefully and rigorously explained if the legitimacy of the present, wherever it derives from the past, is to be portrayed as accurately as possible. This is particularly crucial given the attempts by unscrupulous politicians, religious fundamentalists, and their ilk to wilfully misrepresent and manipulate the past in order to serve their present-day agendas. The Past as Present is an essential and necessary book at a time when sectarianism, false nationalism, and the muddying of historical facts are increasingly becoming a feature of our public, private, and intellectual lives.  
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Nations need identities. These are created from perceptions of how societies have evolved. In this, history plays a central role. Insisting on reliable history is therefore crucial to more than just a pedagogic cause. Delicate relationships between the past and present or an exacting understanding of the past, call for careful analyses.   Understanding India’s past is of vital importance to the present. Many popularly held views about the past need to be critically enquired into before they can be taken as historical. Why is it important for Indian society to be secular? When did communalism as an ideology gain a foothold in the country? How and when did the patriarchal system begin to support a culture of violence against women?   Historian Romila Thapar has investigated, analyzed, and interpreted the history that underlies such questions throughout her career. Through the incisive essays in The Past as Present, she argues that it is of critical importance for the Indian past to be carefully and rigorously explained if the legitimacy of the present, wherever it derives from the past, is to be portrayed as accurately as possible. This is particularly crucial given the attempts by unscrupulous politicians, religious fundamentalists, and their ilk to wilfully misrepresent and manipulate the past in order to serve their present-day agendas. The Past as Present is an essential and necessary book at a time when sectarianism, false nationalism, and the muddying of historical facts are increasingly becoming a feature of our public, private, and intellectual lives.  
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN-13: 9780857426444
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0857426443
Kategori: Historie
Udg. Dato: 20 sep 2019
Længde: 28mm
Bredde: 141mm
Højde: 218mm
Forlag: Seagull Books London Ltd
Oplagsdato: 20 sep 2019
Forfatter(e): Romila Thapar
Forfatter(e) Romila Thapar


Kategori Historie


ISBN-13 9780857426444


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 336


Udgave


Længde 28mm


Bredde 141mm


Højde 218mm


Udg. Dato 20 sep 2019


Oplagsdato 20 sep 2019


Forlag Seagull Books London Ltd