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History as a Site of Struggle: Essays on History, Culture and Politics

 
K.N. Panikkar (Author)
Synopsis

This valuable collection of essays by KN Panikkar chronicles contemporary South Asia as it has unfolded in the last three decades. His being a historian of modern India has lent to his analysis of contemporary concerns a unique vantage point not available in most commentaries of contemporary South Asia.

The author focuses on the alliance between the neo-liberal policies and Hindu fundamentalism in India, and the vicissitudes of politics in all of South Asia, particularly the rights of minorities and the linkages between religious fundamentalism and the erosion of democracy. He gives special attention to the historical context of the Hindu right wing cultural project and outlines the agenda for struggle against the corrosive influence of this home grown fascism.

The destruction of the educational system through privatization by all political regimes, and particularly its communalization during the NDA regime are shown as major setbacks to the secular and democratic project in South Asia. The significance of history as a site of struggle and contestations over history is a running thread in these essays.

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About the author

K.N. Panikkar

KN Panikkar is among the foremost historians of modern India. Formerly with the Jawaharlal Nehru University, he is currently the Vice Chancellor, Sree Sankaracharya University, Kalady, Kerala. His books include 'Against Lord and State: Religion and Peasant Uprisings in Malabar' (Oxford University Press, 1990), 'Culture and Consciousness in Modern India' (Peoples Publishing House, 1990), 'Culture, Ideology and Hegemony – Intellectuals and Social Consciousness in Colonial India' (Tulika, 1996). He has also edited a number of books including 'A Concerned Indian’s Guide to Communalism' (Penguin, 1999) and the ICHR volume on 'Towards Freedom, 1940, A Documentary History of the Freedom Struggle' (unpublished and suppressed.

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Bibliographic information

Title History as a Site of Struggle: Essays on History, Culture and Politics
Author K.N. Panikkar
Format Hardcover
Date published: 24.09.2013
Edition 1st.ed.
Language: English
isbn 9788188789788
length xv+652p., 23cm.
Subjects History