Ian Almond

The Thought of Nirad C. Chaudhuri

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Produktbeschreibung

This innovative revisiting of South Asian intellectual history critically examines Nirad C. Chaudhuri, the writer and defender of empire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9781107476431
• ISBN-10: 1107476437
• Artikelnr.: 50016272

Autorenporträt

Ian Almond is Professor of World Literature at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University in Qatar. A British academic who has lived in India, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Qatar and the US, he is the author of five books and over forty articles. He specialises in comparative world literature, with a tri-continental emphasis on Mexico, Bengal and Turkey. His books have been translated into eight languages, including Arabic, Russian, Turkish, Korean, Serbo-Croat, Persian and Indonesian.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Nirad Chaudhuri and the Muslim world
2. Chaudhuri, archive and alienation
3. Chaudhuri, sadness and loss
4. Chaudhuri and empire
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.