Homi Bhabha
Biographic Data
| ID | 81118 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Homi Bhabha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Homi |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhabha |
| SIGNATURE | BHABHA H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 497 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
What is Radical
What does it mean to think and act radically, and how does this relate to forms of radicalism connected to earlier moments, for example, in the 20th century? What can be the role of radical art and scholarship under the conditions of late capitalism? More generally, how can art and artists serve the ongoing struggle for social justice and the agendas of emancipatory social change? Finally, what kinds of art criticism and art historical scholarshi…
Cosmopolitanisms
Cosmopolitanism and Convergence
In a wide-ranging discussion Homi Bhabha and Anthony Appiah reflect on the present moment in the humanities, in African-American Studies, in philosophy and literary studies, and in politics around the world. Among the topics they discuss are: honor and dignity and their relation to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; teaching in an increasingly diverse university; the role of the Internet in shaping culture and politics; challenges to legi…
In a Spirit of Calm Violence
Simone de Beauvoir: Engagements, Contexts, Reconsiderations
At one hundred, we are told, a book becomes a classic; at one hundred Simone de Beauvoir has surely become a legend. And yet, like all legends, she remains something of an enigma, yet to be discovered. To be discovered, perhaps, in a way similar to her own attempt at self-discovery in Hard Times (the second volume of The Force of Circumstance), which results in a moving encounter with symptoms, repressions, and defenses that reveal those darker u…
Adagio
Of Mimicry and ManThe Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse
This chapter focuses on the ambivalence of colonial discourse, specifically the issue of mimicry, which, it explains, is the sign of a double articulation, a complex strategy of reform, regulation, and discipline. It suggests that the effect of mimicry on the authority of colonial discourse is profound and disturbing, for in normalizing the colonial state or subject, the dream of post-Enlightenment civility alienates its own language of liberty a…
Visualizing Theory
The World and the Home
Race and the Humanities: The "Ends" of Modernity
Research Article| May 01 1992 Race and the Humanities: The “Ends” of Modernity? Homi Bhabha Homi Bhabha Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Public Culture (1992) 4 (2): 81–85. https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-4-2-81 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Homi Bhabha; Race and the Humanities: The “Ends” of Modernity?. Public Culture 1 May 1992; 4 (2): 81–85. doi: htt…
Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse
Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse
The World and the Home
Adagio
Cosmopolitanism and Convergence
In a wide-ranging discussion Homi Bhabha and Anthony Appiah reflect on the present moment in the humanities, in African-American Studies, in philosophy and literary studies, and in politics around the world. Among the topics they discuss are: honor and dignity and their relation to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; teaching in an increasingly diverse university; the role of the Internet in shaping culture and politics; challenges to legi…
Visualizing Theory
Race and the Humanities: The "Ends" of Modernity
Research Article| May 01 1992 Race and the Humanities: The “Ends” of Modernity? Homi Bhabha Homi Bhabha Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Public Culture (1992) 4 (2): 81–85. https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-4-2-81 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Homi Bhabha; Race and the Humanities: The “Ends” of Modernity?. Public Culture 1 May 1992; 4 (2): 81–85. doi: htt…
Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse
Visualizing Theory
The World and the Home
Race and the Humanities: The "Ends" of Modernity
Research Article| May 01 1992 Race and the Humanities: The “Ends” of Modernity? Homi Bhabha Homi Bhabha Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Public Culture (1992) 4 (2): 81–85. https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-4-2-81 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Homi Bhabha; Race and the Humanities: The “Ends” of Modernity?. Public Culture 1 May 1992; 4 (2): 81–85. doi: htt…
Of Mimicry and ManThe Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse
This chapter focuses on the ambivalence of colonial discourse, specifically the issue of mimicry, which, it explains, is the sign of a double articulation, a complex strategy of reform, regulation, and discipline. It suggests that the effect of mimicry on the authority of colonial discourse is profound and disturbing, for in normalizing the colonial state or subject, the dream of post-Enlightenment civility alienates its own language of liberty a…
Adagio
Simone de Beauvoir: Engagements, Contexts, Reconsiderations
At one hundred, we are told, a book becomes a classic; at one hundred Simone de Beauvoir has surely become a legend. And yet, like all legends, she remains something of an enigma, yet to be discovered. To be discovered, perhaps, in a way similar to her own attempt at self-discovery in Hard Times (the second volume of The Force of Circumstance), which results in a moving encounter with symptoms, repressions, and defenses that reveal those darker u…
In a Spirit of Calm Violence
Cosmopolitanism and Convergence
In a wide-ranging discussion Homi Bhabha and Anthony Appiah reflect on the present moment in the humanities, in African-American Studies, in philosophy and literary studies, and in politics around the world. Among the topics they discuss are: honor and dignity and their relation to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; teaching in an increasingly diverse university; the role of the Internet in shaping culture and politics; challenges to legi…
Cosmopolitanisms
What is Radical
What does it mean to think and act radically, and how does this relate to forms of radicalism connected to earlier moments, for example, in the 20th century? What can be the role of radical art and scholarship under the conditions of late capitalism? More generally, how can art and artists serve the ongoing struggle for social justice and the agendas of emancipatory social change? Finally, what kinds of art criticism and art historical scholarshi…
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