History At The Limit Of World History by Ranajit Guha
An incisive critique of the universalist project of “world history,” arguing that the discipline’s European historicism and narrative conventions render colonized and subaltern pasts unintelligible or derivative. Through readings of philosophical and literary texts, it exposes the limits of archive-driven empiricism and teleological time, showing how claims to totality erase difference and agency. It calls for rethinking historical method and temporality toward forms of writing that register singularity, ethical encounter, and the autonomy of non-Western pasts beyond the categories of modernity.
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- Published
- 2002
- Nationality
- Indian
- Length
- Very Short
- Pages
- 120-140
- Original Language
- English
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