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Approaches and Visions of History
Course Objectives:
This course empowers students to delve into the diverse traditions of historiography across Ancient, Medieval, and Modern periods, while also examining the key figures within each tradition. They will critically analyze the post-modernist approach to history, exploring its implications and challenges. Furthermore, students will evaluate the varied approaches to history, particularly within the context of historical writings on India, thus gaining a comprehensive understanding of the evolving methodologies and perspectives in the field of history..
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Approaches and Visions of History
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CO120-Analyze the concept and types of Historiography CO121-Critically Assess various tradition of Historiography of Medieval period especially Arabic and Persian CO122- Analyse the tradition of Modern Historiography with a focus on Positivist – Ranke, Annales School (Marc Bloch, Lucien, Febvre, Fernand Braudel) CO123- Examine the Post-Modernist Approach to History: Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida and its Impact on historiography CO124- Assess the various approaches to History specially Nationalist, Marxist, Cambridge and Subaltern (with reference to historical writings on India). CO125-Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Power Point Presentation
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks. |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
Greaco –Roman, Chinese and Indian
Arabic and Persian.
Positivist – Ranke, Annales School (Marc Bloch, Lucien, Febvre, Fernand Braudel)
Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida; Impact on historiography
Nationalist, Marxist, Cambridge and Subaltern (with reference to historical writings on India)
Essential Readings:
Recommended Reading
- William Dray :Perspectives on History
- C. Behan McCullah: The truth of History
- The logic of History(Putting Postmodernism in Perspective)
- Satish K Bajaj : Recent Trends in Historiography, New Delhi,1998
- Ranjeet Guha (ed.): Subaltern Studies,Vol.1,2,3&4,Oxford University Press,New Delhi,1982
- V S Pathak: Ancient Historians of India, Gorakhpur,1984
- U N Ghoshal : Studies in Indian History and Culture
- V S Agrawala :Itihas Darshan (in Hindi), Varanasi
- Buddha Prakash :Itihas Darshan (in Hindi), Lucknow, 1962
- G C Pande (ed.):Itihas-Swaroop evam siddhanth (in Hindi), Jaipur
- G A Cohen :Karl Marx’s Theory of history:Adefense (Oxford 1978)
- M G Murphey : Our Knowledge of the Historical Past(Indianapolis 1973)
- S Clark :”The Annales Historians” , in Q Skinner ed.The Return of Grand Theory In The Human Sciences (Cambridge 1985)
- Traian Stoianovitch: French Historical Method: Thae Annales Paradigm (Ithaca, New York, 1976)
- Maurice Aymard and harbans Mukhia, eds.,French Studies in History (New Delhi 1988)
- Peter Burke ed.,A New Kind of History: From the Writings of Lucien Febvre(London 1983), Essays 1,2 and 3.
- Mark Foster: Foucault, Marxism and History
- Hayden White: “ Foucault Decoded: Notes from Underground”. History and Theory,12,1973.
- Sharma. Tej Ram, Historiography, A History of Historical Writing, Concept publishing company, New Delhi, 2005
- Claus. Peter & Marriott John, History An introduction to theory, Method and Practice, Second Edition, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, 2017
- Hester Ryan, Historical Research, Theory and Method, ED-Tech Press, United Kingdom, 2018
E-Resources:
Tradition of Historiography – Ancient : Greaco –Roman, Chinese and Indian
Tradition of Historiography – Medieval : Arabic and Persian.
Annales School
Post Modernist Approach to History
Michel Foucault
Jacques Derrida
Approaches to History – Nationalist, Marxist, Cambridge and Subaltern, Gender (with reference to historical writings on India)
