The Thought of Nirad C. Chaudhuri

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-107-09443-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Almond, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Almond, Ian
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.