Debating the 'Post' Condition in India: Critical Vernaculars, Unauthorized Modernities, Post-Colonial Contentions

ISBN-13: 9780367345457 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 268 str.

Makarand R. Paranjape

Opis

The book traces independent India’s engagement with Western critical theory, exploring the discursive trajectories of post-modernism, post-colonialism, post-Marxism, post-nationalism, post-feminism, post-secularism , and interprets the core tenets of Indian philosophical thought.

Spis treści

Preface. Introduction - 'Post' Positions: A 'Selfish' Review PART I. Critical Vernaculars 1. Parampara 2. Gunas 3. Desivad 4. Criticism PART II. Unauthorised Modernities 5. Invasion of Theory 6. Svaraj 7. Three States 8. Duality PART III. Postcolonial Contentions 9. Discontents 10. Alterities 11. Ends 12. Prospects. Index

O autorze

Makarand R. Paranjape is Professor of English at the Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He was the inaugural Eric Auerbach Visiting Chair in Global Literary Studies at the University of Tubingen, Germany, and served as the first ICCR Chair in Indian Studies at the National University of Singapore. His latest works include Cultural Politics in Modern India (2016) and The Death and Afterlife of Mahatma Gandhi (2015).