The future in the past: Essays and reflections

By:

Thapar, Romila

Publication details: New Delhi: Aleph Books, 2023.Description: x, 326p., ind., 22 cm X 14 cmISBN:

978-9395853149

Subject(s):

-- religious education -- culture -- epics -- renunciation -- ancient Indian history -- dissent

DDC classification:

294.56

List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals 16 October 2023

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	KEIC	294.56 THA (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		22589

Recommended by: Rasananda Panda

Content:

I: HISTORY

1. In Defence of History
2. The Perennial Aryans
3. Which of Us Are Aryans?
4. Why Did Ancient India's Matriarchy Disappear?
5. In History: Sati

II: CONTEMPORARY TIMES

6. Religion, Culture, and Nation
7. Continuous Beginnings
8. Historical Realities
9. The Politics of Religious Communities

III: EPICS

10. The Ramayana Syndrome
11. The Epic of the Bharatas
12. Back in Time

IV: RENUNCIATION AND DISSENT

13. Renunciation, Dissent, and Satyagraha
14. Syndicated Moksha?

V: MUSEUMS

15. Museums in India: Past and Future
16. Early Forms of Patronage

VI: EDUCATION

17. The Academic Professional
18. Searching for the Public Intellectual
19. The Past of Language
20. The Search for a Social Ethic

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