Cultural turn checklist

An abstract from the Journal of Historical Sociology.

• Meaningless wordplay (roots? routes?) - CHECK
• Non sequitors posing as definitions ("shared (i.e., social)") - CHECK
• Not so much about historical events as about their representation (or the "experience" of them) - CHECK
• Totally implausible (or else trivially obvious) claim for relevance ("potential for explosive conflicts") - CHECK

All it's missing is a heavy does of jargon and neologisms (though bonus points for the obscure noun form 'traumata'). This is not my historical sociology.

This contribution focuses on the Indian experience of the Partition. The personal and shared (i.e., social) memories regarding the history of India and Pakistan will inform the examination of the temporal dimension of the Partition, i.e., its “roots”. Tracing the re-established and new interconnections in terms of trade, travel, transportation, and communication between India and Pakistan along historical lines gives insight into the spatial dimension of the Partition's aftermath, i.e. its “routes”. The main argument of this analysis is that the traumata resulting from the Partition are still not overcome and contain the potential for explosive conflicts in the future.