{"title":"Ranajit Guha","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our collection dedicated to the influential works of \u003cem\u003eRanajit Guha\u003c\/em\u003e, a revered historian and a founding figure of the Subaltern Studies group. Guha has revolutionised the field of history with his insightful analysis and critique of colonial and post-colonial narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRenowned for his groundbreaking book \u003cem\u003eHistory at the Limit of World-History\u003c\/em\u003e, Guha offers a provocative examination of historiography, challenging traditional paradigms and advocating for the inclusion of the subaltern voices. His works are pivotal in understanding the nuanced layers of history, particularly in the context of India and its colonial past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection caters to enthusiasts of \u003cstrong\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Military\u003c\/strong\u003e genres, providing a profound exploration of historical limits and the dynamics of power. Whether you're a student delving into post-colonial studies or a history enthusiast keen on diverse perspectives, Ranajit Guha's writings promise profound insights and thought-provoking discussions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse through our selection to delve into Guha's intellectual legacy and gain a deeper understanding of history from a subaltern perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"history-at-the-limit-of-world-history-by-ranajit-guha-9780231124195","title":"History at the Limit of World-History","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe past is not just, as has been famously said, another country with foreign customs: it is a contested and colonised 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRanajit Guha, perhaps the most influential figure in postcolonial and subaltern studies at work today, offers a critique of such historiography by taking issue with the Hegelian concept of \u003cem\u003eWorld-history\u003c\/em\u003e. That concept, he contends, reduces the course of human history to the amoral record of states and empires, great men and clashing civilisations. It renders invisible the quotidian experience of ordinary people and casts off all that came before it into the nether-existence known as \"Prehistory.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the Indian subcontinent, Guha believes, this Western way of looking at the past was so successfully insinuated by British colonisation that few today can see clearly its ongoing and pernicious influence. He argues that to break out of this habit of mind and go beyond the Eurocentric and statist limit of \u003cem\u003eWorld-history\u003c\/em\u003e, historians should learn from literature to make their narratives doubly inclusive: to extend them in scope not only to make room for the pasts of the so-called peoples without history but to address the historicality of everyday life as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnly then, as Guha demonstrates through an examination of Rabindranath Tagore's critique of historiography, can we recapture a more fully human past of \"experience and wonder.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000635998444,"sku":"9780231124195","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7298653482270.jpg?v=1763292028"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/ranajit-guha.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}