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The anthropologists and the Christian missionaries have written on the religious beliefs and practices of the indigenous tribal people with bias and prejudice. Prof. Gangmumei kamel’s essays on primordial religion exposed the fallacy and inaccuracy of Tylor’s animism. He discusses Dr. Harold Turner’s proposal of primal religion which means existing since the beginning of time is a more accurate definition of tribal religion which is an ancient and eternal ...
History is the study of the past but it has become a mode of intellectual enquiry. What is the philosophy of History? Is there a philosophy of History? This book is an attempt to answer this question. Prof. Gangmumei Kamel raises several metaphysical issues of History. His analysis of the Historical Method-particularly objectivity and interpretation is of great interest. He deals with historiography in Manipur. His interpretation of regional history of Manipur ...
Ethnicity and social change is an anthology of essays written by Professor Gangmumei Kamei, a profound scholar and historian. The book divided into three parts deals with three groups is issues: ethnicity and social change, federalism and colonialism, and the human rights and development. The eighteen essays deal with different aspects of history, social change, polity, human rights and ecology. It includes both history and contemporary issues of the country ...