(Democracy Dialogue lecture Video) Doctored History : From Ancient Times till Today - Prof Irfan Habib

 

The 14th lecture in the Democracy Dialogues series organized by the New Socialist Initiative was delivered by Prof Irfan Habib on 30th January 2022 where he  spoke on "Doctored History : From Ancient Times till Today"

The 14th Lecture in the Democracy Dialogues Series  was delivered by Prof Irfan Habib, Marxist Historian and Public Intellectual, on Sunday  30th January 2022. Prof Habib would be speaking on 'Doctored History : From Ancient Times till Today'

 About the Speaker :

 Prof Irfan Habib ( Professor of History at the Aligarh Muslim University, Retd) is a well-known historian and author of the The Agrarian System of Mughal India ( 1963), An Atlas of the Mughal Empire ( 1982), Essays in Indian History : Towards a Marxist Perception ( 1985) , The Economic History of Medieval India : A Survey ( 2001) ,  Medieval India : The Study of a Civilization ( 2008), a multivolume study titled 'People's History of India' etc. and has edited many books.

About the Democracy Dialogues Series :

The idea behind this series - which we would like to call 'Democracy Dialogues' - is basically to initiate as well as join in the on-going conversation around this theme in academic as well as activist circles.

We feel that the very idea of democracy which has taken deep roots across the world, has come under scanner for various reasons. At the same time we have been witness to the ascendance of right-wing forces and fascistic demagogues via the same democratic route. There is this apparently anomalous situation in which the spread and deepening of democracy have often led to generating mass support for these reactionary and fascistic forces.

Coming to India, there have been valid concerns about the rise of authoritarian streak among Indians and how it has helped strengthen BJP's hard right turn. The strong support for democracy here is accompanied by increasing fascination towards majoritarian-authoritarian politics. In fact, we would like to state that a vigorous electoral democracy here has become a vehicle for hindutva-ite counterrevolution.

All videos  of  the Democracy Dialogues  series  lectures are available on  New Socialist Initiative YouTube channel