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Approaches and Visions of History
To understand the concept and traditions of Historiography Ancient , Medieval and Modern period along with the pioneers of each tradition.
To acquaint the students with the post- modernist approach to History
To understand the diverse approaches to History with special reference to historical writings on India
Tradition of Historiography Ancient: Greco Roman, Chinese and Indian
Tradition of Historiography Medieval: Arabic and Persian.
Tradition of Historiography Modern : Positivist Ranke, Annals School (Marc Bloch, Lucien, Febvre, Fernand Braudel)
Post Modernist Approach to History: Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida; Impact on historiography
Approaches to History Nationalist, Marxist, Cambridge and Subaltern (with reference to historical writings on India)
1. Hamilton, Paul, Historicism, Routlege, Delhi, 2005.
2. Dray, William, Perspectives on History, Routlege and Kegan Paul Books, 1980.
3. McCullah, C. Behan, The truth of History, Routlege
4. The logic of History (Putting Postmodernism in Perspective), Routlege,2005.
5. Bajaj, Satish K, Recent Trends in Historiography, Anmol Publication Pvt. Ltd, 2002.
6. Guha, Ranjeet (ed.), Subaltern Studies, Vol.1, 2,3&4,Oxford University Press,New Delhi,1982.
7. Pathak, V S, Ancient Historians of India, Asia publishing House, 1969.
8. Ghoshal, U N, Studies in Indian History and Culture, Orient Black Swan, 2018.
9. Agrawala, V S, Itihas Darshan (in Hindi), Varanasi, Vishwavidhyalaya Prakashan, 2013.
10. Prakash, Buddha, Itihas Darshan (in Hindi), Hindi Samiti, Sucana vibhaga, Lucknow, 1962.
11. Pande, G C (ed.), Itihas-Swaroop evam siddhanth (in Hindi), Anurag Book Dist, 2017, Jaipur
12. Cohen, G A, Karl Marxs Theory of history:A defense, Oxford Press, 1978.
13. Murphey, M G, Our Knowledge of the Historical Past, Indianapolis 1973.
14. Clark, S, The Annales Historians, in Q Skinner ed.The Return of Grand Theory In The Human Sciences, Cambridge 1985.
15. Stoianovitch, Traian, French Historical Method: Thae Annales Paradigm, Ithaca, New York, 1976
16. Maurice Aymard and harbans Mukhia, eds.,French Studies in History, Sangam Book Ltd, New Delhi 1988
17. Burke, Peter ed., A New Kind of History: From the Writings of Lucien Febvre, Essays 1,2 and 3, Harper and Row, London 1983..
18. Foster, Mark, Foucault, Marxism and History, Polity Press, Cambridge in association with Basil Blackwell.
19. White, Hayden, Foucault Decoded: Notes from Underground. History and Theory,12,1973., Black Publishing for Wesleyan university stable URL.
