History and the Present

by Partha Chatterjee

The essays in this volume bring together historians and anthropologists to reflect on the place of history within present-day conditions. The central focus here is on aspects of the popular, on the ways in which the popular relates to the scientific, the professional, the aesthetic, the religious, the legal and the political. These essays represent a critique of the disciplinary practices of history. They examine the historian's practices and assumptions,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843312247
• ISBN13: 9781843312246
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"