The Past as Present | Forging Contemporary Identities Through History | Romila Thapar | Aleph Book Company Publication ( English Medium )

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The Past as Present | Forging Contemporary Identities Through History | Romila Thapar | Aleph Book Company Publication ( English Medium ).Understanding our past is of critical importance to our present. Many popularly held views about the past need to be critically inquired into before they can be taken as historical. For instance, what was the aftermath of the raid on the Somanatha temple? Which of us is Aryan or Dravidian? 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 our patriarchal mindset begin to support a culture of violence against women? Why are the fundamentalists so keen to rewrite history textbooks? The answers to these and similar questions have been disputed and argued about ever since they were first posed. Distinguished historian Romila Thapar has investigated, analyzed and interpreted the history that underlies such questions throughout her career; now, in this book, through a series of incisive essays she argues that it is of critical importance for the past to be carefully and rigorously explained, if the legitimacy of our present, wherever it derives from the past, is to be portrayed as accurately as possible. 

This is especially pertinent given the attempts by unscrupulous politicians, religious fundamentalists and their ilk to try and misrepresent and willfully manipulate the past in order to serve their present-day agendas. An essential and necessary book at a time when sectarianism, bogus ‘nationalism’ and the muddying of historical facts are increasingly becoming a feature of our public, private and intellectual lives. Interesting facts A new collection of essays from renowned historian Romila Thapar, one of the most important Indian academics writing today. Well-researched and thoroughly accessible, this volume is sure to become essential reading for those interested in Indian history and religion. Includes her experience of writing history textbooks for school, analysis of ancient history and interpretations of the epics, and the role history plays in contemporary politics.

About the Author

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. each 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 Professor Thapar was awarded the prestigious Kluge Prize of the US Library of Congress, which honours lifetime achievement in studies such as history that are not covered by the Nobel Prize.

Search Key : The Past as Present, Forging Contemporary Identities Through History, Romila Thapar,  Aleph Book Company Publication, English Medium, Publisher ‏ : ‎ Aleph Book Company; First edition (23 April 2014), Language ‏ : ‎ English, Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 344 pages, ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9383064013, ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9383064014, The Past as Present Book By Romila Thapar, Aleph Book Company Publisher, Fiction Book.

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SKU, Publisher	ABC-The-Pas-As-Pre-(Eng)
Publisher	Aleph Book Company Publication
Author, Edition	Romila Thapar, English Medium
Binding, Type	Paperback, New
No. of Pages	344

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The Past as Present | Forging Contemporary Identities Through History | Romila Thapar | Aleph Book Company Publication ( English Medium ).Understanding our past is of critical importance to our present. Many popularly held views about the past need to be critically inquired into before they can be taken as historical. For instance, what was the aftermath of the raid on the Somanatha temple? Which of us is Aryan or Dravidian? 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 our patriarchal mindset begin to support a culture of violence against women? Why are the fundamentalists so keen to rewrite history textbooks? The answers to these and similar questions have been disputed and argued about ever since they were first posed. Distinguished historian Romila Thapar has investigated, analyzed and interpreted the history that underlies such questions throughout her career; now, in this book, through a series of incisive essays she argues that it is of critical importance for the past to be carefully and rigorously explained, if the legitimacy of our present, wherever it derives from the past, is to be portrayed as accurately as possible. 

This is especially pertinent given the attempts by unscrupulous politicians, religious fundamentalists and their ilk to try and misrepresent and willfully manipulate the past in order to serve their present-day agendas. An essential and necessary book at a time when sectarianism, bogus ‘nationalism’ and the muddying of historical facts are increasingly becoming a feature of our public, private and intellectual lives. Interesting facts A new collection of essays from renowned historian Romila Thapar, one of the most important Indian academics writing today. Well-researched and thoroughly accessible, this volume is sure to become essential reading for those interested in Indian history and religion. Includes her experience of writing history textbooks for school, analysis of ancient history and interpretations of the epics, and the role history plays in contemporary politics.

About the Author

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. each 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 Professor Thapar was awarded the prestigious Kluge Prize of the US Library of Congress, which honours lifetime achievement in studies such as history that are not covered by the Nobel Prize.

Search Key : The Past as Present, Forging Contemporary Identities Through History, Romila Thapar,  Aleph Book Company Publication, English Medium, Publisher ‏ : ‎ Aleph Book Company; First edition (23 April 2014), Language ‏ : ‎ English, Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 344 pages, ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9383064013, ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9383064014, The Past as Present Book By Romila Thapar, Aleph Book Company Publisher, Fiction Book.

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