The past is not just, as has been famously said, another country with foreign customs: it is a contested and colonized terrain. Indigenous histories have been expropriated, eclipsed, sometimes even wholly eradicated, in the service of imperialist aims buttressed by a distinctly Western philosophy of history. Guha offers a critique of such historiography by taking issue with the Hegelian concept of World-history.
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Ranajit Guha is founding editor of Subaltern Studies and author of a number of celebrated books, including Dominance Without Hegemony: History and Power in Colonial India. He has held various research and teaching positions in India, England, the United States, and Australia. He currently lives in Austria.
"A new book by Ranajit Guha is both an important event for South Asian Studies and a significant occasion for the humanities....This is a deeply stirring work." -- Homi Bhabha
"Guha's works have deeply influenced not only the writing of subcontinental history but also historical investigations elsewhere, as well as cultural studies, literary theories, and social analyses across the world." -- Amartya Sen
"Guha has been one of those rare creative spirits whose works continue to light our path towards this common humanity by honestly exploring our historical differences." -- Haider A. Khan, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa & the Middle East
"...the Tagore essay...is a gem and Guha's eloquence usefully prods every reader to rethink his/her methodical toolkit." -- Gabriel Paquette, Itinerario
"Combining acute theoretical and political insight with empirical substance and prescription for enriching historical practice, this is an exemplary postmodern intervention." -- Patrick Finney, Journal of Contemporary History
"This book is definitely worth a read for those interested in questions pertaining to everyday life and also in recent postcolonial efforts to rethink the practices of disciplinary history." -- Bernardo A. Michael, Journal of World History
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