Re:Nalanda: The university that changed the world
by thaumasiotes on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @01:26AM
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> In India, a lot of 'modern' liberal historians promote hating [their] own culture, history and [roots,] denigrating Hinduism and its scriptures as [the] origin of all things bad
Change "Hinduism" into some other word and you have a pretty general description of liberal historians in most Western countries.
This might be an imperialist perspective, but I'm guessing India imported this cultural tradition from them. :/
Battle of ideologies, groups, regions and culture is as old as history and does not seem like it will ever completely die down. We need a more hybrid understanding where we evolve with time and apply modern lens to historical ideas carefully. Without ideological pride in Christianity, white superiority I doubt most of the European countries would've had been the colonizing superpowers they became controlling most of the world.