Making sense of history : society, culture and politics
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Making sense of history : society, culture and politics
Manohar Pub. & Distributors, 2003
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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Summary: Articles, chiefly on the post-1947 history of India
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: pbk ISBN 9788173044885
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Making Sense of History is a historians exploration of the past and present. Some articles, essays and interviews supplement his scholarly publications, but most reflect Professor Hasans present-day concerns. Thus, he writes on 11 September, on Palestine and on pogrom in Gujarat. He dwells on the rise of Hindu nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism and critically evaluates their cultural and ideological resources. His is a story that resonates with ideas on the contemporary Indian scene.This book also devotes a section to some of the leading Western and South Asian interpreters of Islam. Without being apologetic about Islamic teachings. Professor Hasan engages with a wide range of topics of concern to contemporary Muslims in India and overseas. Covering a variety of themes including jehad, education, literature and political thought, he clears up some distortions and misrepresentation's about Islam and the Muslim communities. Professor Hasan airs his views with unusual candour. He is clear in his thinking, lucid in his exposition, and uninhibited in communicating with his newspaper readers. The book affords many valuable insights and interesting analyses.
Readers seeking an understanding of aspects of Indian history and contemporary affairs will find a sensitive handling of the various social, cultural and political issues.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I: History as Diologue
- Part II: Where are They Gone, the Glory and the Dream? Part III: Image and Representation: Defining Muslim Identity
- Part IV: Independence, Partition and its Aftermath
- Part V: Historys Many Verdicts
- Part VI: India Votes: Assembly Elections
- Part VII: In the Corridors of Academia
- Part VIII: Know Thy Neighbour
- Part IX: Remembering 11 September
- Part X: Gujarat Ablaze
- Part XI: From Overseas.
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: hard. ISBN 9788173044922
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Culled from newspapers articles written for the mainstream press, this volume tries to analyse from the vantage point of a professional historian, some of the major events that have occured in South Asia in recent times.
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