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The Past as Present
Forging Contemporary Identities Through History
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Artikel-Nr:
9780857426444
Veröffentl:
2019
Erscheinungsdatum:
15.09.2019
Seiten:
336
Autor:
Romila Thapar
Gewicht:
549 g
Format:
221x146x32 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Romila Thapar is emeritus professor of history at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has been general president of the Indian History Congress. She is a fellow of the British Academy and holds an Hon D.Lit. from Calcutta University, Oxford University and the University of Chicago. She is an Honorary Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and SOAS, London. In 2008 she was awarded the prestigious Kluge Prize of the Library of Congress.
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.