The Politics of Nostalgia

Bibliographic Data

ID2160486
AuthorsAijaz Ahmad
Year1993
Volume22
Issue4
Pages525-543
Publication date1993-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomy and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-5147 • E-ISSN: 1469-5766
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03085149300000033
OpenAlexW2102878680
LanguageEN
Citations received14

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 of Ahmad's critical observations are perceptive, his general approach is marred by an unwillingness to extend criticism to his own premises. It is highly political, but its politics is one of nostalgia

Aesthetics · Belongingness · Critical theory · Criticism · Epistemology · Ideology · Marxist philosophy · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Globalization and Cultural Identity · Islamic Studies and History · Psychology · South Asian Cinema and Culture · Law · Philosophy · Social Psychology

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