1. Historical antecedents
2. From Perpetual Peace to the Great War
3. From the Treaty of Versailles to the nuclear age
4. The postwar world government boom
6. Is there a future for world government?
Chapter 1. Introduction: Historicizing the Politics of History
Chapter 2. Exploring the Contours of History and Religion in Colonial India
Chapter 3. Phule: Historicizing Mythology A Rationalist Critique
Chapter 4. Phule: Where History Meets Its Other
Chapter 5. Ranade: Using a Modern Historical Gaze on India's Past
Chapter 6. Ranade: Dehistoricizing Religion through a Critical Textual (Re)Interpretation and a Faith-based Critique
Chapter 7. Savarkar: History as a Hegemonic World-view
Chapter 8. Savarkar: History, Hindutva and Crafting a Modern Hindu Identity
Chapter 9. Conclusion: The Limits of History
