Subjects of Modernity: Time-space, disciplines, margins"e;Dube ranges widely and globally - from histories of empires and genealogies of disciplines to recent Dalit artwork from India - to explore and carefully delineate a tension he regards as fundamental to the formation of the modern: the modern subject's inevitable entanglement with those subject to modernity. A tour de force, this book offers a critical, timely and powerful sequel to postcolonial and subaltern studies."e; - Dipesh Chakrabarty, University of Chicago |
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... religion – have gone on to access yet exceed colonial discourse theory. Exploringthe“idea,” “invention,” and “imagination” of diverse subordinate, geopolitical terrains, histories, and identities across the globe,18 such endeavours have ...
... religion – have gone on to access yet exceed colonial discourse theory. Exploringthe“idea,” “invention,” and “imagination” of diverse subordinate, geopolitical terrains, histories, and identities across the globe,18 such endeavours have ...
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... Religion, Identity, and Power among a Central Indian Community, 1780– 1950 (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1998); and Ajay Skaria, Hybrid Histories: Forests, Frontiers, and Wildness in Western India (New Delhi: Oxford ...
... Religion, Identity, and Power among a Central Indian Community, 1780– 1950 (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1998); and Ajay Skaria, Hybrid Histories: Forests, Frontiers, and Wildness in Western India (New Delhi: Oxford ...
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... religion and caste, within the project. Unsurprisingly, seeking a research theme for the MPhil in history, also at Delhi University, I was interested in studying the conduct of resistance in a religious idiom. Specifically, I wished to ...
... religion and caste, within the project. Unsurprisingly, seeking a research theme for the MPhil in history, also at Delhi University, I was interested in studying the conduct of resistance in a religious idiom. Specifically, I wished to ...
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Contents
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antinomies and enticements | 57 |
entanglements and ambiguities | 91 |
identities and incitements | 119 |
an epilogue | 139 |
Bibliography | 153 |
Index | 175 |
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