Habitations of Modernity
Subtitle: Essays in the Wake of Subaltern Studies
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: July 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780226100388
Subjects: Asian studies; Cultural studies; History; History - General History; History: World; Asia - India; Essays; History / India; Asia - India & South Asia; Historiography; India; Politics and government; Social justice
First sentence: In a wide-ranging critique of postcolonial studies, Arif Dirlik suggests that, while the historiographic innovations of Subaltern Studies are welcome, they are mere applications of methods pioneered by British Marxist historians, albeit modified by "Third World sensibilities."