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This book foregrounds anticolonial theories of reading to reveal an alternative strain of anticolonialism committed not to the forms of authority that facilitate political recognition or national sovereignty, but rather to inexpertise and inconsequence, with the aim of replacing mastery with collective cultivation.

Table of Contents

Preface | vi
Introduction: Impossible Subjects | 1
1. Lala Har Dayal’s Imagination | 19
2. B. R. Ambedkar’s Sciences | 44
3. M. K. Gandhi’s Lost Debates | 67
4. Bhagat Singh’s Jail Notebook | 92
Epilogue: Stopping and Leaving | 113
Acknowledgments | 131
Notes | 135
Bibliography | 169
Index | 189

World Literature for the Wretched of the Earth

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      Publisher Fordham University Press
      Published 1 December 2020
      ISBN-13 9780823289790
      978-0823289790
      ISBN-10 0823289796
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary theory Asian history Politics and government

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book foregrounds anticolonial theories of reading to reveal an alternative strain of anticolonialism committed not to the forms of authority that facilitate political recognition or national sovereignty, but rather to inexpertise and inconsequence, with the aim of replacing mastery with collective cultivation.

      Table of Contents

      Preface | vi
      Introduction: Impossible Subjects | 1
      1. Lala Har Dayal’s Imagination | 19
      2. B. R. Ambedkar’s Sciences | 44
      3. M. K. Gandhi’s Lost Debates | 67
      4. Bhagat Singh’s Jail Notebook | 92
      Epilogue: Stopping and Leaving | 113
      Acknowledgments | 131
      Notes | 135
      Bibliography | 169
      Index | 189

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