The Future in the Past brings together essays by Romila Thapar on issues and ideas that have preoccupied her throughout her career. These are subjects that surfaced frequently in discussions over theast six decades as they do even more so at present. Among them are the use and misuse of history, the myths surrounding the coming of the Aryans, religious fundamentalism in the study of society, the overt and the insidious attempts by right-wing elements to pervert Indian culture, variants of the Ramayana, the importance of museums, why dissent is important to democracy, the role of the public intellectual, and much more. Central to the arguments in these essays (versions of which first appeared in Seminar magazine) is an analysis of how the past permeates the present and influences the future.
| ISBN: | 9789395853149 |
| Publication date: | 6th May 2023 |
| Author: | ROMILA THAPAR |
| Publisher: | Aleph Book Company |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary essays Social and cultural history Historical Fiction |
The Future in the Past brings together essays by Romila Thapar on issues and ideas that have preoccupied her throughout her career. These are subjects that surfaced frequently in discussions over theast six decades as they do even more so at present. Among them are the use and misuse of history, the myths surrounding the coming of the Aryans, religious fundamentalism in the study of society, the overt and the insidious attempts by right-wing elements to pervert Indian culture, variants of the Ramayana, the importance of museums, why dissent is important to democracy, the role of the public intellectual, and much more. Central to the arguments in these essays (versions of which first appeared in Seminar magazine) is an analysis of how the past permeates the present and influences the future.
The Future in the Past features in the following genres: Literary essays, Social and cultural history, Historical Fiction
The Future in the Past is available in Hardback
The Future in the Past was written by ROMILA THAPAR and published by Aleph Book Company
The Future in the Past has 336 pages