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008			171017t20172017ii 001 0deng c
020			_a9780199474271
040			_aDKAGE _beng _cDKAGE _erda _dDLC
082			_a954.0072 _bTHA-T
100	1		_aThapar, Romila.
245	1	0	_aTalking history _cby Romila Thapar
260			_aNew Delhi : _bOxford university press, _c©2017
300			_axvi, 340 p. ; _c23cm
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_aTalking History is the eighth title in the OUP series of Ramin Jahanbegloo's conversations with prominent intellectuals who have influenced modern Indian thought. This volume excavates the life and career of Romila Thapar as a historian and a public intellectual. Her multifaceted work, from her early research on Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas to her classic studies on the lineage system in India, her questioning of the dominant paradigms of historians from both the colonial era and from the more recent nationalist era to the role of a public intellectual in India, have made her one of the most frequently read, discussed, and cited historians of our times. Across the six parts of the book, Jahanbegloo probes her to talk about some of the central issues of history writing in India, such as the function of a historian, conflict with Hindu fundamentalism, authority in historical research, oriental despotism, and the polymorphous structure of Hinduism, as also about her life. --
650		0	_aHistorians
700	1		_aJahanbegloo, Ramin
700	1		_aBhattacharya, Neeladri
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