Theory in an Uneven World

A major intervention into debates about the postcolonial andthe global. Ranges over fields as diverse as critical theory,postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, minoritystudies, cultural studies and anthropology. R. Radhakrishnan is Professor of English at the University.
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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. About the Author R. He is the author of Diasporic Mediations: His articles and essays have appeared in a wide range of scholarly journals and in collections such as Nationalisms and Sexualities Ed. Mapping Studies in the Asian Diaspora ed.

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Engages with a wide range of theorists and writers from aroundthe world. Ranges over fields as diverse as critical theory, postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, minoritystudies, cultural studies and anthropology. Paperback , pages.

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It proposes a theory for a theory-resistant world. The more I read theory the more I realize that theorists must generalize and by virtue of that generalization be problematic, dangerous and emblematic of those on the verge of the shift.

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