, by PILGER John
One of the most hyped “events” of American television, The Vietnam War, has started on the PBS network. The directors are Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Acclaimed for his documentaries on the Civil War, the Great Depression and the history of jazz, Burns says of his Vietnam films, “They will inspire (...)
, by GIBBS Ewan , GOVAN Dexter, PRASHAD Vijay
This interview was designed to highlight the differences of thought between two Marxist historians, each focused on radically different parts of the world, with one more experienced colleague and one exciting prospect for the future. In effect, I sought to highlight how differences in (...)
, by PATHAK Vikas, RAMAN Anuradha, THAPAR Romila
History and mythology both try to explain the past but while history relies on evidence, myths rely on fantasy and must be examined differently, says the scholar
The role of a public intellectual is not easy, especially when it comes to interrogating the government in power and holding it (...)
, by PHELPS Christopher
AFTER HIS DEATH last year at the age of 82, most obituaries of Eugene Genovese — the historian of American slavery whose masterpiece, Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made, was published in 1974—stated that he traveled from left to right, from Marxism to conservatism.
While not (...)
, by MISHRA Pankaj
Review: Civilisation: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson Allen Lane, 402 pp, £25.00, March 2011, ISBN 978 1 84614 273 4. ‘Civilisation’s going to pieces,’ Tom Buchanan, the Yale-educated millionaire, abruptly informs Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby. ‘I’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist (...)
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