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Learning to Live with the Past

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Learning to Live with the Past by Krishna Kumar examines the history of the Indian subcontinent and the Partition of 1947 through the lens of education. The book explores how history teaching shapes political rivalry and national identity in India and Pakistan. Kumar draws on extensive research and first-hand interactions with students and teachers to investigate the challenges of making history relevant without fostering conflict. He advocates for educational spaces that encourage inquiry into South Asia's shared heritage alongside national narratives.
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This book is suited for educators, historians, scholars of South Asian studies, and readers interested in the interrelation of history, education, and national identity formation.

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This essay examines the history of the Indian subcontinent and the Partition of 1947 from a pedagogical perspective. How does education shape political rivalry and hostility? The Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947—the violence that followed it, and its living legacy of rival nationalisms—has made a deep and pervasive impact on education in both India and Pakistan. In Learning to Live with the Past, educationist Krishna Kumar dwells on the complex terrain every history teacher has to navigate: how to make the past come alive without running the risk of creating a desire to lose this “pastness.” Substantiating this question with a wealth of experiences gained from his extensive research on history textbooks, as well as his interactions with students and teachers in both countries, Kumar explores the integral function the discipline of history plays in the project of nation-building. To help children learn to live with the past, Kumar amplifies the need for spaces that create possibilities for inquiries into a “longer” common heritage shared by South Asia without necessarily denying a national narrative or encouraging an urge to undo the past.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781803092850

Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 December 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Seagull Books London Ltd

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 4.0mm

Height: 7.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 72

About the Author

Krishna Kumar is an Indian intellectual and academic noted for his writings in the sociology and history of education.

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