Unveiling Traditions
Subtitle: Postcolonial Islam in a Polycentric World
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: October 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780822326236
Subjects: Cultural studies; Islamic studies; Social Science; Islam - General; Economic aspects; Religion; Sociology; World - Post-Colonial Studies; Customs & Traditions; Postcolonial Studies; Religious Studies; Ethnic Studies - General; 20th century; Capitalism; Islam; Religious aspects
First sentence: Postcoloniality is the condition of what we might ungenerously call a comprador intelligentsia: of a relatively small, Western-style, Western-trained, group of writers and thinkers who mediate the trade in cultural commodities of world capitalism at the periphery.