Description
- Major work from one of the world's most distinguished literary and cultural theorists
- Intervenes in the fraught issues generated by ideas of Asia
- Featured essays include "Foucault and Najibullah," "Moving Devi," "Responsibility," and "Megacity"
- Other chapters focus on, among other things, Human Rights, and the turbulent "present" of the Caucasus
- Essential reading for anyone interested in postcolonialism, and devotees of Spivak's writing
About the Author
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's reputation was first established with her translation of and preface to Jacques Derrida's De la grammatologie in 1976. Subsequently, she helped to establish the field of postcolonial studies and became a leading postcolonial theorist. Her key publications include In Other Worlds (1987), The Post-Colonial Critic (1990), Outside in the Teaching Machine (1993), and A Critique of Postcolonial Reason (1999).
Reviews
"Other Asias is an eloquent plea for a pedagogy of continental scope that does not evade or erode the singular, 'textured' life, thought and work of geographical regions and political minorities. The exemplary courage and extraordinary imagination that have distinguished Spivak's work are now engaged in rich reflections on the political art of humanistic education."
Homi K. Bhabha, Harvard University
"This deeply passionate, ethical, and political book tells us that we must pluralize Asia because it is only in a pluralized world that we can imagine a more just one."
Eduardo Cadava, Princeton University
"Spivak's postcolonial perspective here offers an incomparable understanding of Asia in its multiplicity of differences, a tour-de-force from one of our era's most brilliant engaged and critical thinkers."
Robert J. C. Young, New York University
Book Information
ISBN 9781405102070
Author Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 553g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 155mm * 22mm