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Theory in an Uneven World
R. Radhakrishnan
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Description for Theory in an Uneven World
Paperback. How can we handle the unevenness between the West and the Rest? How can theory help us resolve our ethical and political problems? Can theory help us think beyond the "winner talks all" model by articulating strong connections between ethics and politics? This book deals with the debates about the postcolonial and the global. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
This major intervention into debates about the postcolonial and the global proposes that theory should embody unevenness as symptom even as it envisions strategies to get beyond unevenness. Radhakrishnan's thought-provoking engagement with theorists and writers from around the world will fascinate readers across a wide range of disciplines.
This major intervention into debates about the postcolonial and the global proposes that theory should embody unevenness as symptom even as it envisions strategies to get beyond unevenness. Radhakrishnan's thought-provoking engagement with theorists and writers from around the world will fascinate readers across a wide range of disciplines.
- A major intervention into debates about the postcolonial and the global.
- Proposes that theory bear the burden of unevenness even as it seeks a way out of it - neither captive to the world as it is, nor naively credulous of visions of the world as it should ... Read more
- Engages with a wide range of theorists and writers from around the world.
- Ranges over fields as diverse as critical theory, postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, minority studies, cultural studies and anthropology.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631175384
SKU
V9780631175384
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About R. Radhakrishnan
R. Radhakrishnan is Professor of English at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Diasporic Mediations: Between Home and Location (University of Minnesota Press, 1996). His articles and essays have appeared in a wide range of scholarly journals and in collections such as Nationalisms and Sexualities (Ed. Parker, Russo, Sommer and Yaeger, Routledge, 1992), The Nature and ... Read more
Reviews for Theory in an Uneven World
"R. Radhakrishnan belongs to a generation of critics which has enriched contemporary literature by revolutionizing the literary canon. He is one of the foremost of this generation and deservedly so." Amitav Ghosh, author of The Glass Palace "Written with a magnanimous spirit and vision, Theory in an Uneven World is a welcome reminder ... Read more