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In this major intervention into the 'Asian Century', Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak challenges the reader to re-think Asia, in its political and cultural complexity, in the global South and in the metropole.

  • Major work from one of the world’s most distinguished literary and cultural theorists
  • Intervenes in the fraught issues generated by ideas of Asia
  • Featured essays include “Foucault and Najibullah,” “Moving Devi,” “Responsibility,” and “Megacity”
  • Other chapters focus on, among other things, Human Rights, and the turbulent "present" of the Caucasus
  • Essential reading for anyone interested in postcolonialism, and devotees of Spivak’s writing

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In this major intervention into the 'Asian Century', Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak challenges the reader to re-think Asia, in its political... Read more

    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 03/12/2007
    ISBN13: 9781405102070, 978-1405102070
    ISBN10: 1405102071

    Number of Pages: 384

    Non Fiction , Dictionaries, Reference & Language

    Description

    In this major intervention into the 'Asian Century', Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak challenges the reader to re-think Asia, in its political and cultural complexity, in the global South and in the metropole.

    • Major work from one of the world’s most distinguished literary and cultural theorists
    • Intervenes in the fraught issues generated by ideas of Asia
    • Featured essays include “Foucault and Najibullah,” “Moving Devi,” “Responsibility,” and “Megacity”
    • Other chapters focus on, among other things, Human Rights, and the turbulent "present" of the Caucasus
    • Essential reading for anyone interested in postcolonialism, and devotees of Spivak’s writing

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