Human Rights and Public Memory in India: Historical Perspectives on Decolonisation - Hardcover

Gottlob, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1032860251 ISBN 13: 9781032860251

Verlag: Routledge, 2026

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The book examines the political use of the past in post-colonial India. It shows how past ‘injustices’ are used to justify current violations of human rights. It shows how the recent and increased reappraisal of European colonial rule and postcolonial theory formation are introducing further confrontations into the struggles over memory and, with advancing globalization, they are beginning to dominate international as well as national politics. It also looks at textbook controversies in India as well as debates about the necessity of historiography to be decolonized. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of South Asian studies, politics, history, and postcolonial studies.

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Michael Gottlob, retired (born 1950), taught German language and literature at universities in India and Italy Research interests: history and intercultural comparison of historical thought. Relevant publications:

Historical Thinking in South Asia. A Handbook of Sources from Colonial Times to the Present, 2003 (book)

India’s Unity in Diversity as a Question of Historical Perspective, 2007 (article)

History and Politics in Post-colonial India, 2011 (book)

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The book examines the political use of the past in post-colonial India. It shows how past ‘injustices’ are used to justify current violations of human rights.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1032860251
• ISBN 13: 9781032860251
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 132
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Van Ditmar Boeken, VDB Sales; sales@vanditmar.nl; ; Hondiuslaan 44; Utrecht; 3528 AB; Niederlande