Shaswati Mazumdar
Biographic Data
| ID | 3594747 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shaswati Mazumdar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shaswati |
| FAMILY NAME | Mazumdar |
| SIGNATURE | MAZUMDAR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delhi |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Postcolonial world literature
Postcolonial criticism has repeatedly debunked the ostensible neutrality of the 'world' of world literature by pointing out that and how the contemporary world - whether conceived in terms of cosmopolitan conviviality or neoliberal globalization - cannot be understood without recourse to the worldly event of Europe's colonial expansion. While we deem this critical perspective indispensable, we simultaneously maintain that to reduce 'the world' to…
Colonial design, postcolonial facade
The expansion in the 1990s of policies to reserve seats for students from historically disadvantaged castes opened up Indian universities to many first-generation learners from underprivileged back
Deploying Orientalism in culture and history
The concept and study of orientalism in Western culture gained a changed understanding from Edward Said's now iconic 1978 book Orientalism. Especially in Germany, however, recent debate has moved beyond Said's definition ofthe phenomenon, highlighting the multiple forms of orientalism within the "West," the manifold presence of the "East" in the Western world, indeed the epistemological fragility of the ideas of "Occident" and "Orient" as such.Th…
Enlightenment in the Colony
Book Review| December 01 2011 Enlightenment in the Colony: The Jewish Question and the Crisis of Postcolonial Culture Enlightenment in the Colony: The Jewish Question and the Crisis of Postcolonial CultureMufti, Aamir R.Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007344 pp., $25.95(paper) Shaswati Mazumdar Shaswati Mazumdar Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (20…
Feuchtwanger/Brecht
Habermas and the Post Modernist Critique of the Enlightenment
Lukacs and Indian Literature
Utopia and Despair
Sandino's Daughters
First published in 1981 in the wake of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) revolution in Nicaragua, Sandino's Daughters can now be seen not as a triumph of revolutionary ideals, but as a triumph of the spirit. Through a series of interviews with participants at all levels in the resistance, Margaret Randall recounts the lives of ordinary women who became pillars of strength and perseverance during their decades-long involvement in the…
Sandino's Daughters
First published in 1981 in the wake of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) revolution in Nicaragua, Sandino's Daughters can now be seen not as a triumph of revolutionary ideals, but as a triumph of the spirit. Through a series of interviews with participants at all levels in the resistance, Margaret Randall recounts the lives of ordinary women who became pillars of strength and perseverance during their decades-long involvement in the…
Enlightenment in the Colony
Book Review| December 01 2011 Enlightenment in the Colony: The Jewish Question and the Crisis of Postcolonial Culture Enlightenment in the Colony: The Jewish Question and the Crisis of Postcolonial CultureMufti, Aamir R.Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007344 pp., $25.95(paper) Shaswati Mazumdar Shaswati Mazumdar Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (20…
Postcolonial world literature
Postcolonial criticism has repeatedly debunked the ostensible neutrality of the 'world' of world literature by pointing out that and how the contemporary world - whether conceived in terms of cosmopolitan conviviality or neoliberal globalization - cannot be understood without recourse to the worldly event of Europe's colonial expansion. While we deem this critical perspective indispensable, we simultaneously maintain that to reduce 'the world' to…
Sandino's Daughters
First published in 1981 in the wake of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) revolution in Nicaragua, Sandino's Daughters can now be seen not as a triumph of revolutionary ideals, but as a triumph of the spirit. Through a series of interviews with participants at all levels in the resistance, Margaret Randall recounts the lives of ordinary women who became pillars of strength and perseverance during their decades-long involvement in the…
Lukacs and Indian Literature
Utopia and Despair
Habermas and the Post Modernist Critique of the Enlightenment
Feuchtwanger/Brecht
Enlightenment in the Colony
Book Review| December 01 2011 Enlightenment in the Colony: The Jewish Question and the Crisis of Postcolonial Culture Enlightenment in the Colony: The Jewish Question and the Crisis of Postcolonial CultureMufti, Aamir R.Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007344 pp., $25.95(paper) Shaswati Mazumdar Shaswati Mazumdar Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (20…
Deploying Orientalism in culture and history
The concept and study of orientalism in Western culture gained a changed understanding from Edward Said's now iconic 1978 book Orientalism. Especially in Germany, however, recent debate has moved beyond Said's definition ofthe phenomenon, highlighting the multiple forms of orientalism within the "West," the manifold presence of the "East" in the Western world, indeed the epistemological fragility of the ideas of "Occident" and "Orient" as such.Th…
Postcolonial world literature
Postcolonial criticism has repeatedly debunked the ostensible neutrality of the 'world' of world literature by pointing out that and how the contemporary world - whether conceived in terms of cosmopolitan conviviality or neoliberal globalization - cannot be understood without recourse to the worldly event of Europe's colonial expansion. While we deem this critical perspective indispensable, we simultaneously maintain that to reduce 'the world' to…
Colonial design, postcolonial facade
The expansion in the 1990s of policies to reserve seats for students from historically disadvantaged castes opened up Indian universities to many first-generation learners from underprivileged back
History (6 works) · History (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works)