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UNINA9910779688903321 |
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Autore |
Devare Aparna |
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History and the making of a modern Hindu self / / Aparna Devare |
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New Delhi : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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1-136-19707-9 |
0-203-08528-0 |
1-299-45971-4 |
1-136-19708-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (251 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; History and the Making of a Modern Hindu Self; Copyright; Contents; Glossary; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction: Historicizing the Politics of History; Chapter 2 Exploring the Contours of History and Religion in Colonial India; Chapter 3 Phule: Historicizing Mythology - A Rationalist Critique; Chapter 4 Phule: Where History Meets Its Other; Chapter 5 Ranade: Using a Modern Historical Gaze on India's Past; Chapter 6 Ranade: Dehistoricizing Religion through a Critical Textual (Re) Interpretation and a Faith-based Critique; Chapter 7 Savarkar: History as a Hegemonic World-view |
Chapter 8 Savarkar: History, Hindutva and Crafting a Modern Hindu IdentityChapter 9 Conclusion: The Limits of History; Bibliography; About the Author; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Taking the contentious debates surrounding historical evidence and history writing between secularists and Hindu nationalists as a starting point, this book seeks to understand the origins of a growing historical consciousness in contemporary India, especially amongst Hindus. The broad question it poses is: Why has 'history' become such an important site of identity, conflict and self-definition amongst modern Hindus, especially when Hinduism is known to have been notoriously impervious to history? As modern ideas regarding notions of history came to India with colonialism, it turn |
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