Clio and Her Descendants

Manu V Devadevan

ISBN 10: 9352902637 / ISBN 13: 9789352902637

Published by Primus Books, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Clio and Her Descendants
• Publisher: Primus Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9352902637
• ISBN 13: 9789352902637
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.6W x 6.2H x 23.39D centimeters 15.6 centimeters width by 6.2 centimeters height by 23.39 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1705 grams

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Synopsis

Professor Kesavan Veluthat, in a significant departure from the existing scholarship, represented by K.A. Nilakanta Sastri, T.V. Mahalingam, and Elamkulam P.N. Kunjan Pillai, explored aspects of historical transition, political structures, settlement patterns, agrarian relations, religion, and ideology in early medieval Tamil Nadu and Kerala, thus changing the terms of the debate and reconstructing the study of South Indian history in ways that are irreversible. His more recent studies in the literary and intellectual traditions of Kerala have, by their ingenuity and provocativeness, overturned long accepted historiographical positions. Clio and Her Descendants is a collection of essays dedicated to honour Veluthat's scholarship, and brings together the work of thirty historians who look to expand the horizons of South Asia's diverse and polyphonic past. The variety of themes, concerns, and methodologies that these essays explore, not only capture the vibrancy of the historiography of the present, but also offer invaluable signposts for future research. This volume is essential reading for any student of South Asian history and will remain so for years to come.

About the Author

Manu V. Devadevan is Assistant Professor of History at the Indian Institute of Tec+AB93 nology Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. He specializes in the political economy of precolonial South India, but is also interested in the history of literary, religious, and intellectual traditions of the Indian subcontinent. His publications include A Prehistory of Hinduism (2016) and The 'Early Medieval' Origins of India (forthcoming) in English, and Prithviyallodagida Ghatavu: Karnatakada Ninnegalu (2009) and Sankhakshetrada Kannu: Puri Sri Jagannatha Devalayada Itihasa (2017) in Kannada.