Aijaz Ahmad
Biographic Data
| ID | 3698005 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aijaz Ahmad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aijaz |
| FAMILY NAME | Ahmad |
| SIGNATURE | AHMAD A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for Contemporary Studies, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 123 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
General Issues
This study is the first of two volumes dealing with the political thought of the black Caribbean radical political philosopher and Marxist C.L
Out of the dust of idols
The politics of literary postcoloniality
The Politics of Nostalgia
This paper discusses issues raised in Aijaz Ahmad's recent work, In Theory. Ahmad's work is centred on three critical essays on Edward Said, Salman Rushdie and Fredric Jameson who have a common ideological affiliation, in his view, to a new kind of radicalism. This derives its inspiration from postmodernist thinking in varying forms, substituting the marxist idea of belongingness by a radical form of unbelonging. This paper argues that while many…
The politics of literary postcoloniality
The Politics of Nostalgia
This paper discusses issues raised in Aijaz Ahmad's recent work, In Theory. Ahmad's work is centred on three critical essays on Edward Said, Salman Rushdie and Fredric Jameson who have a common ideological affiliation, in his view, to a new kind of radicalism. This derives its inspiration from postmodernist thinking in varying forms, substituting the marxist idea of belongingness by a radical form of unbelonging. This paper argues that while many…
General Issues
This study is the first of two volumes dealing with the political thought of the black Caribbean radical political philosopher and Marxist C.L
Out of the dust of idols
The Politics of Nostalgia
This paper discusses issues raised in Aijaz Ahmad's recent work, In Theory. Ahmad's work is centred on three critical essays on Edward Said, Salman Rushdie and Fredric Jameson who have a common ideological affiliation, in his view, to a new kind of radicalism. This derives its inspiration from postmodernist thinking in varying forms, substituting the marxist idea of belongingness by a radical form of unbelonging. This paper argues that while many…
The politics of literary postcoloniality
General Issues
This study is the first of two volumes dealing with the political thought of the black Caribbean radical political philosopher and Marxist C.L
Out of the dust of idols
Political science (3 works) · Action (physics (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Belongingness (1 works) · Biotechnology and Related Fields (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Content (measure theory (1 works) · Critical theory (1 works) · Criticism (1 works) · Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies (1 works)