Between History and memory: narrative disputes in Hindu nationalism 1998-2005

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2021.177203

Keywords:

India, Hindu nationalism, memory, revisionism, uses of the past

Abstract

The Hindu Nationalist Movement, through its organizations, disputes with professional historians the narratives of India’s past, advocating for a version of the past that contributes to the construction of a sense of national pride, destroyed, according to its followers, by the narrative historic considered contrary to the religious sentiments of the Hindu portion of society. Politicians linked to the movement foment historiographical revisionism, taking their inspiration from the Hindutva - ethno nationalist ideology of supremacy of Hindu Culture. In this article, we seek to elucidate the dynamics of the narrative dispute about the Indian past, as well as the motivations of its actors, mobilizing, for that, Paul Ricoeur’s concept of pragmatic use of memory.

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Author Biographies

  • Carla Cristiane de Oliveira Marson, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia

    Doutora em Memória: linguagem e sociedade. Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB). Bolsista Capes processo 88882.451251/2019-01.

     

  • Elton Moreira Quadros, Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia

    Doutor em Memória: linguagem e sociedade pela Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB). Professor Adjunto no Departamento de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas da UESB.

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Published

2021-10-29

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História, Historiografia e Memória

How to Cite

MARSON, Carla Cristiane de Oliveira; MOREIRA QUADROS, Elton. Between History and memory: narrative disputes in Hindu nationalism 1998-2005. Revista de História, São Paulo, n. 180, p. 1–28, 2021. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2021.177203. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/177203.. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.

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