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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... . 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.
... . 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.
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... perspectives that are “minor” and “marginal” in the academy have featured prominently, if distinctly, in my previous writings – always alongside more certified critical doxas and radical traditions – most of which I draw upon as well as ...
... perspectives that are “minor” and “marginal” in the academy have featured prominently, if distinctly, in my previous writings – always alongside more certified critical doxas and radical traditions – most of which I draw upon as well as ...
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... perspectives), it focuses on socio-spatial/disciplinary subjects and hierarchical-coeval tousled temporalities. My ... perspective on modernity is not only to interrupt the long-standing, straightforward storylines of the phenomenon, it ...
... perspectives), it focuses on socio-spatial/disciplinary subjects and hierarchical-coeval tousled temporalities. My ... perspective on modernity is not only to interrupt the long-standing, straightforward storylines of the phenomenon, it ...
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... perspectives in recent decades.1 I indicate three such sets of queries here.2 The first set concerns vigorous challenges to univocal conceptions of universal history under the terms of modernity. Imaginatively exploring distinct pasts ...
... perspectives in recent decades.1 I indicate three such sets of queries here.2 The first set concerns vigorous challenges to univocal conceptions of universal history under the terms of modernity. Imaginatively exploring distinct pasts ...
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... perspectives at large. The critical concerns extend to the tangible presence yet ambivalent articulations of time/space – turning on “culture” and “tradition” – in formations of history, anthropology, and historical anthropology. On ...
... perspectives at large. The critical concerns extend to the tangible presence yet ambivalent articulations of time/space – turning on “culture” and “tradition” – in formations of history, anthropology, and historical anthropology. On ...
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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