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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Page vii
... (especially in Chapter 2), he proclaimed while looking down at the green pastures and lush vineyards, “This is amazing, like Switzerland or something.” To which I could not contain my retort, since it echoed the mountain: “The incredible ...
... (especially in Chapter 2), he proclaimed while looking down at the green pastures and lush vineyards, “This is amazing, like Switzerland or something.” To which I could not contain my retort, since it echoed the mountain: “The incredible ...
Page viii
... especially at oneself. In relation to the vexed matter of citational economies, this can mean finding different, critical ways of writing. Now, authors, works, and perspectives that are “minor” and “marginal” viii | SUBJECTS OF MODERNITY.
... especially at oneself. In relation to the vexed matter of citational economies, this can mean finding different, critical ways of writing. Now, authors, works, and perspectives that are “minor” and “marginal” viii | SUBJECTS OF MODERNITY.
Page ix
... especially attentive to their underenunciated and little-appreciated meanings and resonances, it is more male protagonists than women authors (although there are some) that appear in the text. At the same time, the critical doing and ...
... especially attentive to their underenunciated and little-appreciated meanings and resonances, it is more male protagonists than women authors (although there are some) that appear in the text. At the same time, the critical doing and ...
Page 14
... especially the antinomian articulations of time-space that shore up disciplinary subjects. On the one hand, I explore the mutual reinforcements of time (in the form of history and temporality) and space (in the guise of tradition and ...
... especially the antinomian articulations of time-space that shore up disciplinary subjects. On the one hand, I explore the mutual reinforcements of time (in the form of history and temporality) and space (in the guise of tradition and ...
Page 15
... of space and time, principally focusing on their elaborations in modern social imaginaries, especially of scholarly persuasions. Critical concerns A handful of common concerns joins these critical An Introduction | 15.
... of space and time, principally focusing on their elaborations in modern social imaginaries, especially of scholarly persuasions. Critical concerns A handful of common concerns joins these critical An Introduction | 15.
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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