The Thought of Nirad C. Chaudhuri: Islam, Empire and Loss - Hardcover

Almond, Ian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107094437 ISBN 13: 9781107094437

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2015

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A critical examination of the famous South Asian writer Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897–1999), a notorious Anglophile and defender of empire. Ian Almond analyses Chaudhuri from the perspectives of Islam, the archive, melancholy and empire, exploring the evolution of his thought and the consequences this has for our understanding of 'cosmopolitan' intellectuals.

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'Cultural and geographical deracination decisively shaped the thought of the modern Asian intelligentsia. In Ian Almond's subtle portrait of an intractably conservative, even reactionary, Indian intellectual, we are brought closer to the complex process that produces the native informant as well as the anti-Western radical.' Pankaj Mishra, author of From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt against the West and the Remaking of Asia

'Nirad C. Chaudhuri is to postcolonial discourse what Joseph de Maistre is to modern European thought: a contrarian intellect that demands serious critical engagement. In giving us the first full-length examination of Chaudhuri's life and writings, Ian Almond is at once scholarly, incisive, and admirably lucid.' Kaiser Haq, University of Dhaka

'By deftly placing Nirad C. Chaudhuri in local and world history, in subterranean, unexpected lineages to do with melancholy and book-collecting, and within his own vivid self-contradictions, Ian Almond gives us a shrewd, eloquent, and much-needed reappraisal of a remarkable man who had, on many levels, embraced the entirety of the twentieth century.' Amit Chaudhuri, University of East Anglia

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In this critical examination of the famous South Asian thinker Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897–1999), a notorious Anglophile and defender of Empire, Ian Almond analyses the factors that played a role in the evolution of his thought. Almond explores how Empire creates 'native informants', enabling local subjects to alienate themselves from and even abhor their own cultures. Through analysis of Chaudhuri's views on Islam, his use of the archive, moments of melancholy and loss in his writing, and his opinions on empire, Almond dissects the constitution of an Indian writer and locates the precise ways in which Chaudhuri was able to produce the kind of discourses he did, exploring how conservative, pro-Western intellectuals are formed in postcolonial environments. A strong comparative element places Chaudhuri's views in the context of conservative intellectuals from Latin America, the Middle East and South Asia, concluding with a consideration of present-day 'native informants' from these regions.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1107094437
• ISBN 13: 9781107094437
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 196