The Construction of History and Nationalism in India: Textbooks, Controversies and Politics

ISBN-13: 9780415626217 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 256 str.

Sylvie Guichard

Opis

Guichard concentrates on the construction, elaboration and negotiation of the narratives that have become official history in India. She demonstrates the conception of the school textbook as a site of national construction and more generally highlights the links between historiography, nation-state and nation-building.

Recenzje

"In her concise, well-written and well-balanced book on the Indian textbook debates Guichard draws attention to aspects and dynamics beyond the simplifying dichotomy of Hindu nationalism and secularism, which have been widely neglected to date." - Tobias Delfs; Internationales Asienforum, 43 (2012).

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Nation, Religion and History  2. Textbooks, Teachers and Students  3. The Debate in Context  4. Enemies and Defenders  5. Perspectives and Silences  6. General.  Conclusion

O autorze

Sylvie Guichard received her PhD from the University of Geneva and Science Po. Paris, France. She is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Legal History at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.