„R. Radhakrishnan belongs to a generation of critics which hasenriched contemporary literature by revolutionizing the literarycanon. He is one of the foremost of this generation and deservedlyso.“ Amitav Ghosh, author of The Glass Palace
„Written with a magnanimous spirit and vision, Theory in anUneven World is a welcome reminder of the challengestheoretical thinking continues to pose. I applaud R. Radhakrishnanfor countering the fashionable gesture of theory-bashing with suchintensely engaging critical discussions.“ Rey Chow, BrownUniversity
"In a world ridden with unevenness, Radhakrishnan'sintense analyses invoke the need for shattering the self-reflexivediscourses of the academy so as to open them up to the demands ofthe oppressed." Robert J. C. Young, New York University
Theory in an Uneven World
von R. RadhakrishnanThis major intervention into debates about the postcolonial and theglobal proposes that theory should embody unevenness as symptomeven as it envisions strategies to get beyond unevenness. Radhakrishnan's thought-provoking engagement with theorists andwriters from around the world will fascinate readers across a widerange of disciplines.
* * A major intervention into debates about the postcolonial andthe global.
* * Proposes that theory bear the burden of unevenness even as itseeks a way out of it - neither captive to the world as it is, nornaively credulous of visions of the world as it should be, theoryargues for an ethics of persuasion that is firmly rooted inpolitical resistance.
* * Engages with a wide range of theorists and writers from aroundthe world.
* * Ranges over fields as diverse as critical theory, postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, minoritystudies, cultural studies and anthropology.
* * A major intervention into debates about the postcolonial andthe global.
* * Proposes that theory bear the burden of unevenness even as itseeks a way out of it - neither captive to the world as it is, nornaively credulous of visions of the world as it should be, theoryargues for an ethics of persuasion that is firmly rooted inpolitical resistance.
* * Engages with a wide range of theorists and writers from aroundthe world.
* * Ranges over fields as diverse as critical theory, postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, minoritystudies, cultural studies and anthropology.
