Devare, Aparna.

History and the making of a modern Hindu self / History & the making of a modern Hindu self Aparna Devare. - New Delhi: Routledge, 2011. - xiv, 236 pages ; 23 cm

Introduction: Historicizing the Politics of History
Exploring the Contours of History and Religion in Colonial India
Phule: Historicizing Mythology — A Rationalist Critique
Phule: Where History Meets Its Other
Ranade: Using a Modern Historical Gaze on India's Past
Ranade: Dehistoricizing Religion through a Critical Textual (Re)Interpretation and a Faith-based Critique
Savarkar: History as a Hegemonic World-view
Savarkar: History, Hindutva and Crafting a Modern Hindu Identity
Conclusion: The Limits of History

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Hinduism--History.
Hindus--History.--India
Identification (Religion).

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