Prasenjit duara is the oscar tang chair of east asian studies at duke university. Dukes history department among the top programs in the country regard the creation of knowledge as one of the fundamental missions of a research university. Guest editor s introduction shaping transnational asian studies. Over the past three decades, prasenjit duara has established a welldeserved reputation as a luminary in the field of modern chinese history. The primary problem faced in a postrevolutionary situation is the shortage of capital required for industrialisation, which is a basic. Prasenjit duara offers the first systematic account of the relationship between the nationstate, nationalism, and the concept of linear history.
Prasenjit duara historicizing national identity, or who. Bom in assam, india, prasenjit duaras educational and professional odyssey. This is an appeal to the subscribers, contributors, advertisers and wellwishers of economic and political weekly epw, published by sameeksha trust, a public charitable trust registered with the office of the charity commissioner, mumbai, india. Duara s work is particularly dense in its implicit reference to the theories of deconstructionism as advanced by jacques derrida. As with derrida, we see in duara a certain lessthanaccessible style. Duara prasenjit duara rescuing history from the nation. The european dark ages in the millennium 500 to 1500 ce. While there is much writing on the nation as the subject of linear history, considerably less attention has been paid to the dimension of the nation as the always identifiable, unchanging subject o. Manchukuo and the east asian modern by prasenjit duara find, read and cite all the research you need on.
Duara also taught at george mason university and the department of history in the university of chicago, where he was chairman of the department from 20042007. Prasenjit duara bom in assam, india, prasenjit duara s educational and professional odyssey took him from undergraduate training at st. Asian traditions and a sustainable future by prasenjit duara. Prasenjit chatterjee was born on september 30, 1962 in calcutta, west bengal, india as prosenjit chatterjee. Questioning narratives of modern china 9780226167220. He was born and educated in india and received his phd in chinese history from harvard university. Prasenjit duara duke university history department. Rural north china, 19001942 1988, which won the fairbank prize of the american historical association and the levenson prize of the. Wasserstrom on duara, sovereignty and authenticity. Prasenjit duara is the raffles professor of humanities and director of the asia research institute as well as director of research in humanities and social sciences at national university of singapore. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. Prasenjit duara historicizing national identity, or who imagines. Stephens college in delhi, to the doctoral program at harvard, teaching at george mason university and stanford university, to his current position at the university of chicago. Prasenjit duara to investigate the rasion detre of the great leap is to examine problems which are common to all postrevolutionary societies undergoing a process of socialist transformation.
A companion to global historical thought wiley online books. Questioning narratives of modern china, prasenjit duara is published by university of chicago press. Stephan and others published sovereignty and authenticity. He was previously professor and chair of the dept of history and chair of the committee on chinese studies at the university of chicago 19912008.
This article was published in the australian journal of chinese affairs 19791995, which is continued by the china journal 1995present. Buy prasenjit duara ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Download product flyer is to download pdf in new tab. Prasenjit duara offers the first systematic account of the relationship between the nationstate. The bright dark ages comparative and connective perspectives.
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