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245			_aHistorical thinking in South Asia : _ba handbook of sources from colonial times to the present / _cedited by Michael Gottlob
260			_aNew Delhi : _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2008.
300			_axv, 318 p.
490			_aOxford India paperbacks.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aContents : 1. India and Europe : forms of approaching and distancing in the historicized world -- 1.1 Western Indology and the construction of the a historical orient : Orientalism, Utilitarianism, comparative history of culture -- William Jones : on the Hindus (1786) --James Mill : the history of British India (1817) -- F. Max Muller : India - what can it teach us (1883) -- 1.2 The self-assurance of Indian traditions: reform, renaissance, revival -- Rammohan Roy : To the believers of the only true god (1816)-- Rammohan Roy : Suttee as a religious rite (1830)-- Dayanand Sarasvati : Light of truth (1884)-- Swami Vivekanand : Modern India (1899) -- Sayyid Ahmad Khan : principles of exergesis (1880-95)-- 2. The agenda of a modern Indian historiography -- 2.1 History as an object of research -- R. G. Bhandarkar : The critical, comparative, and historical method of inquiry (1888) -- 2.2 In Quest of a perspective: patriotism, nationalism, communalism -- Bankimchandra Chatterjee : Anandmath (1882)-- B. G. Tilak : Karma yoga and swaraj (C. 1917) 2.3 Conceptualizations of temporal change : kaliyuga, progress, revolution -- Harishchandra of Benares : how can India be reformed ? (1884) -- D. Naoroji : Poverty and Un-British rule in India (1901) -- M. G. Ranade : Revival and reform (1897) -- R. C. Dutt : The economic history of India (1902-04) -- M. N. Roy : India in transition (1922) -- J. Nehru : India’s growth arrested (1944) -- R. Palme Dutt : The Awakening of India (1940) -- 3. Resistant traditions, alternative histories, idiosyncrasies -- R. Tagore : Nationalism in India (1917) -- Aurobindo Ghose : The advent and progress of the spiritual age (1918-49)-- A.K. Coomaraswamy : What has India contributed to human welfare ? (1915) -- M. K. Gandhi : Hind Swaraj - Indian self ruler (1909) -- 4. After colonialism: historical thinking in contemporary South Asia -- 4.1 Objective, prejudice, and the call for Indian frameworks of interpretation -- R. Thapar : the past and prejudice (1975) -- D. Devahuti : problems of Indian Historiography (1979) -- 4.2 Unity and diversity, particularity and universality -- 4.2.1 World History, natural history, regional history -- K. M. Panikkar : Asia and western dominance (1953)-- K. A. Nilakanta Sastri : a history of South India (1947) -- 4.2.2 Communalism and secularism -- S. Gopal et al.. : The political abuse of history (1989) -- Vishva Hindu Parishad : Summary of the Ram Janamabhoomi evidence (1991) 4.2.3 Muslim history in India and Pakistan -- A. H. Ali Nadwi : India during Muslim rule (1977) -- I. H. Qureshi : lost opportunities (1979) -- 4.3 Tradition and modernity, continuity and change -- Planning commission : the problem of development (1953) -- M. N. Srinivas : A note on sanskritization and westernization (1956)-- D. D. Kosambi : The difficulties facing the historian (1964) -- R. S. Sharma : problem of transition from ancient to medieval in Indian history (1974) -- 4.4 Critique of the Western concept of history and development : The dignity of non-modern peoples -- N. Verma : The past : a self-contemplation (1976) -- A. Nandy : Towards a Third World Utopia (1978-87) -- 4.5 Subalternity and agency, fragmentation and globalization -- R. Guha : On some aspects of the Historiography of colonial India (1982) -- U. Chakravarti : Towards a new undertaking of gender relations in early Indian history (1988) -- M. Gadgil and R. Guha : Cultures in conflict (1993).
520			_aWith special focus on India. Covering the debates on history and historiography, this sourcebook describes the many ways of negotiating history from different regional, religious and social backgrounds with divergent political orientations, and ideological outlook.
650			_aGEN _928875
650			_aHistoriography _zIndia _923328
651			_aIndia _xIntellectual life _928860
651			_aIndia _xHistory _yBritish Occupation, 1765-1947 _xHistoriography. _928861
700			_4editor _aGottlob, Michael _98696
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