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Nineteenth Century: An Age of Historians
on Aug 3, 2008 in Philosophy of History Classic Essay; Classic Books online The essay which is being reproduced for being a classic essay on philosophy of history, was a part of inaugural address to the students of King's College for Women, University of London, October 8, 1909 and delivered by Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall.I have...
Inculcate Historical Thinking as an Important Attribute of Citizen
on Aug 21, 2008 in Philosophy of History Methodology in History Debates; How I wish that I could have been the author of following lines:“In other words when an event or even a process that shapes up, it does so in a social, economic, political and cultural context. And these socio-economic, political, cultural factors...
Controversies of Historiography of Indian Subcontinent from 1960 to 1970s
on Aug 28, 2008 in Philosophy of History Methodology in History Debates; Definitions in History Indian Historiography To a Question that what does Marxist History actually mean, Dr. Upinder Singh had given an elaboration to Malvika Singh. It had been published in Tehelka of Tarun J Tejpal, Vol 5, issue 33, Saturday, August 23, 2008, New Delhi.According Dr. Upinder S...
Alberuni on Indian Historic Thinking and Historiography
on Oct 23, 2008 in Philosophy of History Methodology in History Quotations of Note Primary Sources on Indian History Indian Historiography “The Hindus do not pay much attention to the historical order of things; they are very caeless in relating the chronological succession of things, and when they are pressed for information and are a loss not knowing what to say, they invariable tak...
RTI as a Research Tool in History
on Jan 11, 2009 in Philosophy of History Methodology in History Digital Library: Digital Sources/Weblography Digital Methodology Is anyone surprised by the title of this post?Well, I am not giving any thesis here. I am not going to talk about invention which I may use in research in history in India or on India. I believe that whatsoever I am going to say here had been somewhe...