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Edward Said
. Ed(S): Curthoys, Ned; Ganguly, Debjani
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Paperback. Offers a critical inquiry into the legacy of one of late modernity's greatest public intellectuals, Edward Said. This book addresses an array of intellectual, political and cultural issues in their engagement with Said's oeuvre. Editor(s): Curthoys, Ned; Ganguly, Debjani. Series: Academic Monographs. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
This collection is an enterprise of discovery and critical inquiry into the legacy of one of late modernity's greatest public intellectuals, Edward Said. Noted contributors, including Bill Ashcroft, John Docker, Lisa Lowe, Hsu-ming Teo and Patrick Wolfe, address an array of intellectual, political and cultural issues in their engagement with Said's oeuvre. Exciting new scholarship highlights the ways in which humanities in the twenty-first century can engage with Said's legacy, which includes his imbrications of culture and imperialism, his cosmopolitan critique of the idea of 'clash of civilisations', and his belief that the intellectual needs to maintain 'intellectual performances' on ... Read more
This collection is an enterprise of discovery and critical inquiry into the legacy of one of late modernity's greatest public intellectuals, Edward Said. Noted contributors, including Bill Ashcroft, John Docker, Lisa Lowe, Hsu-ming Teo and Patrick Wolfe, address an array of intellectual, political and cultural issues in their engagement with Said's oeuvre. Exciting new scholarship highlights the ways in which humanities in the twenty-first century can engage with Said's legacy, which includes his imbrications of culture and imperialism, his cosmopolitan critique of the idea of 'clash of civilisations', and his belief that the intellectual needs to maintain 'intellectual performances' on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Melbourne University Press Australia
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Series
Academic Monographs
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
Carlton, Australia
ISBN
9780522853568
SKU
V9780522853568
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About . Ed(S): Curthoys, Ned; Ganguly, Debjani
Debjani Ganguly is head of the Humanities Research Centre in the Research School of Humanities at the Australian National University. A literary and cultural historian by training, she has published in the areas of postcolonial studies, global Anglophone literatures, caste and dalit studies, cultural histories of mixed-race, Gandhi and nonviolence and Indian literary criticism. Her recent publications are Caste, Colonialism ... Read more
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