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History from Below: Between Democratisation and Populism

Edited by Brigitta Bernet, Edited by Lutz Raphael, Edited by Benjamin Zachariah

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What we know as history from below has long been considered a more democratic form of history-writing and research than forms of history that have counted, sometimes by default, as elite, and therefore by implication elitist. But history from below also has a tendency towards populism: an emphasis on authenticity, on voices uncontaminated by elite narratives, and a focus on the indigenous. Apart from its having a long-standing problem of finding sources to ‘give voice’ to the underrepresented, the question as to who can write about (and therefore represent) the people below, and a possible focus, in consequence, on themes of blood, soil, and the Volk. This volume explores, over nine essays and an introductory thematic essay, these tensions and dichotomies. The purpose is to bring to the foreground a long-standing danger of celebrating voices from below, perhaps uncritically at times, and therefore also of a romanticisation of those voices.

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Publisher | De Gruyter
Published date | 21 Jul 2025
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 308
Dimensions | 230 x 155 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-3-1115-0464-3
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BISAC | history / social history


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