Re-figuring Culture

Download or read book Re-figuring Culture written by Satish Poduval and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Is A Compilation Of Select Papers Presented At The Seminar On ýLiterary Historiographyý Organized By The Akademi In 1998. The Essays Here Are On Diverse Aspects Of Contemporary Indian History By Scholars And Activists Well-Known For Their Contribution To Cultural Studies In India. There Is Today An Analytic Focus On The Figures Or Personnel Of HistoryýNot Just The Actors ýWithiný (So To Speak) History, But The Experts And Institutions Who Organize And Authorize The Narratives, The Exclusions, And The Blind-Spots Of The Discipline. Re-Figuring Is Thus Not An Originary Gesture, Not A Re-Founding Or A Return To True Origins, But A Call For Transforming The Contemporary Moment And Forging The Conceptual And Political Instruments Adequate To This Task.