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When does history begin? : religion, narrative, and identity in the Sikh tradition / Harjot Oberoi.

By: Publication details: New Delhi; Permanent black, Ashok University, 2021. Description: xxv, 243 pages; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9788178246444
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.609 OBE
Contents:
Introduction: After Affect--Poetry, Positivism, History – 1. Brotherhood of the Pure: The Poetics and Politics of Cultural Transgression – 2. Empire, Orientalism, and Native Informants: The Scholarly Endeavours of Sir Attar Singh Bhadour – 3. Religious Protest: From Gurdwara Rikabganj to Viceregal Palace – 4. The Ghadar Movement and Its Anarchist Genealogy – 5. The Inner Life of Bhagat Singh and the Making of a Maximal Self – 6. An Epic Without a Text: Imagining the Indian Diaspora – Bibliography – Index.
Summary: Documents how the premodern techniques of narrating the past and truth-telling in South Asia were deeply transformed by colonialism, particularly among the Sikhs in northern India"-- Provided by publisher
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BOOKs NLS Circulation Counter 294.609 OBE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) HB Available Recommended by Prof. Dr. Arun K Thiruvengadam 40845

Introduction: After Affect--Poetry, Positivism, History –
1. Brotherhood of the Pure: The Poetics and Politics of Cultural Transgression –
2. Empire, Orientalism, and Native
Informants: The Scholarly Endeavours of Sir Attar Singh Bhadour –
3. Religious Protest: From Gurdwara Rikabganj to Viceregal Palace –
4. The Ghadar Movement and Its Anarchist
Genealogy –
5. The Inner Life of Bhagat Singh and the Making of a Maximal Self –
6. An Epic Without a Text: Imagining the Indian Diaspora –
Bibliography –
Index.

Documents how the premodern techniques of narrating the past and truth-telling in South Asia were deeply transformed by colonialism, particularly among the Sikhs in northern
India"-- Provided by publisher