Talking History
Romila Thapar in conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo, with the participation of Neeladri Bhattacharya
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Publication date:
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360 pages
Price: 795.00 INR
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Publication date:
10/07/2017
Hardback
360 pages
Romila Thapar & Ramin Jahanbegloo and Neeladri Bhattacharya
In a series of candid conversations, Romila Thapar, a widely read, discussed, and cited historian of our times, muses on a range of issues that impact history writing in modern India. The book also traces her journey as a historian and a public intellectual, and gives an insight into the ideas that have shaped her work.
About the Authors
Romila Thapar is professor emerita at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Ramin Jahanbegloo is professor, vice dean, and executive director of Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana.
Neeladri Bhattacharya is a professor at the Centre for Historical Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
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Romila Thapar & Ramin Jahanbegloo and Neeladri Bhattacharya
Description
In a series of candid conversations, Romila Thapar, a widely read, discussed, and cited historian of our times, muses on a range of issues that impact history writing in modern India. Apart from exploring Thapar’s far-reaching influence as an authority on the history of early India, Talking History examines themes such as the function of a historian, the centrality of historical research and evidence, oriental despotism, the ongoing conflict with religious fundamentalists, and the polymorphous structure of Hinduism. Anecdotal and vibrant, each of these accounts reveals a rare understanding of history as a dialogue between the past and the present.
The latest book in the series of Ramin Jahanbegloo’s interviews with prominent intellectuals who have influenced modern Indian thought, Talking History traces Romila Thapar’s journey as a historian and a public intellectual, and gives an insight into the ideas that have shaped her work.
About the Authors
Romila Thapar is professor emerita at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has researched and written extensively on early Indian history, including its historiography.
Ramin Jahanbegloo is professor, vice dean, and executive director of Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana.
Neeladri Bhattacharya is a professor at the Centre for Historical Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Romila Thapar & Ramin Jahanbegloo and Neeladri Bhattacharya
Table of contents
Thinking History in Critical Times
Acknowledgements
I. From Panjab to London
II. The Function of the Historian
III. Modern Writing of Early Indian History
IV. Lineage and Kingship
V. The Historian and the Epic
VI. Shakuntala and Somanatha
Index
About the Authors
Romila Thapar & Ramin Jahanbegloo and Neeladri Bhattacharya
Romila Thapar & Ramin Jahanbegloo and Neeladri Bhattacharya
Description
In a series of candid conversations, Romila Thapar, a widely read, discussed, and cited historian of our times, muses on a range of issues that impact history writing in modern India. Apart from exploring Thapar’s far-reaching influence as an authority on the history of early India, Talking History examines themes such as the function of a historian, the centrality of historical research and evidence, oriental despotism, the ongoing conflict with religious fundamentalists, and the polymorphous structure of Hinduism. Anecdotal and vibrant, each of these accounts reveals a rare understanding of history as a dialogue between the past and the present.
The latest book in the series of Ramin Jahanbegloo’s interviews with prominent intellectuals who have influenced modern Indian thought, Talking History traces Romila Thapar’s journey as a historian and a public intellectual, and gives an insight into the ideas that have shaped her work.
About the Authors
Romila Thapar is professor emerita at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has researched and written extensively on early Indian history, including its historiography.
Ramin Jahanbegloo is professor, vice dean, and executive director of Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana.
Neeladri Bhattacharya is a professor at the Centre for Historical Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Table of contents
Thinking History in Critical Times
Acknowledgements
I. From Panjab to London
II. The Function of the Historian
III. Modern Writing of Early Indian History
IV. Lineage and Kingship
V. The Historian and the Epic
VI. Shakuntala and Somanatha
Index
About the Authors
