Historical Consciousness and National Identity contains five essays by Prasenjit Duara, originally from Assam, India, an historian of modern China. This book belongs to the West Heavens: Readers of Current Indian Thought series which coincides with the academic forum 'West Heavens: India-China Summit on Social Thought' presented by the 8th Shanghai Biennale, Institute of Visual Culture at China Academy of Art, and co-presented by Hanart TZ Gallery and Moonchu Foundation.

'The aim is to foster closer understanding of India through contemporary art and scholarship, and develop cross-cultural dialogue based on visual culture and notions of Asian modernity. Scholars represented in this series of Readers have been invited to lecture at the 2010 8th Shanghai Biennale and they have specially selected this anthology of representative writings to introduce their thinking to the Chinese public.' (excerpt from 'Passage to West Heavens' by Chang Tsongzung, p. 129)

Other books in the West Heavens: Readers of Current Indian Thought series are also available in the Archive. Please visit this page for more details.

《歷史意識與國族認同》收錄杜贊奇五篇有關中國及印度現代歷史的文章。「杜贊奇對中國歷史的關注持續而深刻。他的研究，凸顯了區別於民族－國家宏大敍事的『文化』『權利』視角，強調文化和政治的關係及其在歷史沿革中的重要作用，而他對中國乃至東亞歷史及社會現代化轉型經驗的深刻剖析，更可使國人深省。」（書背）

《從西天到中土：印度當代新思潮讀本》系列是「西天中土」項目出版計劃的第一組叢書，是專為「從西天到中土：印中社會思想對話」編輯的參考讀本。叢書旨在「從學術思想和當代藝術兩個角度去親近印度，進行視覺文化和亞洲現代性的文化比較。讀本中的學者於2010年秋的上海雙年展期間陸續來華演講；為了讓聽眾進一步了解他們的思想，每位學者為我們精挑了這個選集。」（摘錄自「緣起」，張頌仁文，p. 1）

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