History of History: Politics and Scholarship in Modern India
Lal, VinayAuthor
New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2005.
A contribution to the understanding of Indian history as a discipline, this book explores the politics of history-writing in India. It narrates the engagement of a civilisation with the historical sensibility and modality. In doing so, it asserts that history, in order to be understood better, has to deploy the language of the layperson in India.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
A contribution to the understanding of Indian history as a discipline, this book explores the politics of history-writing in India. It narrates the engagement of a civilisation with the historical sensibility and modality. In doing so, it asserts that history, in order to be understood better, has to deploy the language of the layperson in India.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Politics and culture
History