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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Qadri IsmailPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield International Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield International Dimensions: Width: 13.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.308kg ISBN: 9781783486342ISBN 10: 1783486341 Pages: 238 Publication Date: 30 October 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Culture as Problem / 1. Culture/Race/Nature: Arnold, Tylor / 2. (Civil) Society/Nature: Hobbes, Locke, Macaulay / 3. Imagination/Imitation: Shelley, Hobbes, Macaulay, Kipling, Malinowski. / 4. Culture/s: Williams, Leavis, Spencer / 5. ‘”Race”/Cultures: Du Bois, Fletcher, Boas, Turner, “Jefferson” / Conclusion: Modernity, Eurocentrism, Postcoloniality / Bibliography / IndexReviewsA lively, provocative and original work. Ismail’s vigorous arguments will stimulate debate across many fields, including postcolonial studies, cultural studies and global studies. -- Rob Nixon, Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Family Professor in the Humanities and the Environment, Princeton University How scandalous is eurocentrism? The question is embarrassing: the larger eurocentrism’s vestiges seem to loom, the less room for scandal they leave. Qadri Ismail’s provocation, as sassy as it is erudite, aims a renewed postcolonial studies full in the face of this embarrassment. -- Bruce Robbins, Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University A lively, provocative and original work. Ismail's vigorous arguments will stimulate debate across many fields, including postcolonial studies, cultural studies and global studies. -- Rob Nixon, Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Family Professor in the Humanities and the Environment, Princeton University How scandalous is eurocentrism? The question is embarrassing: the larger eurocentrism's vestiges seem to loom, the less room for scandal they leave. Qadri Ismail's provocation, as sassy as it is erudite, aims a renewed postcolonial studies full in the face of this embarrassment. -- Bruce Robbins, Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University Author InformationQadri Ismail is Associate Professor of English at the University of Minnesota. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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