One thing the West is superb at is preserving its own history in interesting ways. I have a far more direct appreciation of western over Indian history due to museums. What little museum-grade understanding I have of Indian history is mostly through western museums.
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I suspect it is partly rooted in the openness to "cyclical logic" found in Indian Philosophy.
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That’s a BS rationalization. It’s mostly just crappy traditions of preservation coupled with looting of artifacts by various colonizers.
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I think this is more about the India than the West. China, for example, has maintained detailed historical records for centuries. India is unique in its lack of historical sense
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I don’t think it’s museums, I think it’s interesting historical analysis that’s initially renegade but becomes mainstream (think, eg, starting w/ Gibbon).
Which requires a society tolerant of such renegade analysis and willing readers of the analysis...
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