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Audio Archive Podcast – Go against the Grain is a long-term journalistic project and digital archive for conversations, interviews, reports, and essays on politics, society, and culture. Two to four new podcast episodes are released each month.Â
For more than three decades, we have been conducting interviews with philosophers, authors, activists, and scientists worldwide. Our interviewees explain the complex developments of our time and place them in an easily understandable and contemporary context within the global framework.Â
The Audio Archive Podcasts focus neither on mass media uniformity nor on unreflective pack journalism, but on differentiating insights: enlightening, knowledgeable and free from economic interests.Â
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Audio Archive Podcast – Go against the Grain is a long-term journalistic project and digital archive for conversations, interviews, reports, and essays on politics, society, and culture. Two to four new podcast episodes are released each month.Â
For more than three decades, we have been conducting interviews with philosophers, authors, activists, and scientists worldwide. Our interviewees explain the complex developments of our time and place them in an easily understandable and contemporary context within the global framework.Â
The Audio Archive Podcasts focus neither on mass media uniformity nor on unreflective pack journalism, but on differentiating insights: enlightening, knowledgeable and free from economic interests.Â
All Audio Archive podcasts are free. No revenue is generated through advertising. No AI support.
More details about the project, background informations, articles, video shorts, essays and more you'll find on our webpage www.audio-archiv.com
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Jan 30, 2025
Jan 30, 2025
35 min
🎓 Christoph Burgmer im Gespräch mit Dietmar Rothermund. Der deutsche Historiker und Indologe Dietmar Rothermund (1933-2020) gilt als der Begründer der sozialwissenschaftlichen Indologie und besetzte den ersten deutschen Lehrstuhl zur Geschichte Südasiens in Heidelberg (seit 1968 bis 2001). In dem Gespräch setzt er sich mit der kontroversen Geschichte Indiens im 20. Jahrhundert auseinander und gibt einen Einblick auf die indische Lebenswirklichkeit. Die größte Demokratie der Welt droht an den inneren Widersprüchen zu zerbrechen. Das Gespräch wurde 2006 in Heidelberg geführt.
/🎓 Christoph Burgmer in conversation with Dietmar Rothermund. The German historian and Indologist Dietmar Rothermund (1933-2020) is considered the founder of social science Indology and held the first German chair for the history of South Asia in Heidelberg (from 1968 to 2001). In this interview, he will discuss the controversial history of India in the 20th century and provide an insight into the realities of life in India. The world's largest democracy is in danger of collapsing due to internal contradictions. The interview was conducted in Heidelberg in 2006.
📚 Veröffentlichungen u.a./ publications a.o.:
- Dietmar Rothermund: "Ghandi. Der gewaltlose Revolutionär." Beck, München 2019.
- Dietmar Rothermund: "Aspects of Indian and global history." Nomos 2016.
#indien #india #indianmodernity
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