Limit this search to....

Theory in an Uneven World C
Contributor(s): Radhakrishnan (Author)
ISBN: 0631175377     ISBN-13: 9780631175377
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
OUR PRICE:   $119.65  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2003
Qty:
Annotation: How can we handle the unevenness between the West and the Rest? How inevitable is the binary logic of winners and losers? 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 major intervention into debates about the postcolonial and the global proposes that theory should embody unevenness. Radhakrishnan's thought-provoking engagement with theorists and writers from around the world will fascinate readers across a wide range of disciplines.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism
- Political Science | History & Theory - General
Dewey: 801.95
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.88 lbs) 240 pages
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
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 be, theory argues for an ethics of persuasion that is firmly rooted in political resistance.

  • 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.