{"title":"Aijaz Ahmad","description":"Aijaz Ahmad is a renowned cultural theorist who has taught in several western and Indian universities. A frequent contributor to Frontline magazine, he currently lives in New Delhi.","products":[{"product_id":"in-theory-nations-classes-literatures-paperback","title":"In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the Second World War, nationalism emerged as the principle expression of resistance to Western imperialism in a variety of regions from the Indian subcontinent to Africa, to parts of Latin America and the Pacific Rim. With the Bandung Conference and the formation of the Non-Aligned Movement, many of Europe's former colonies banded together to form a common bloc, aligned with neither the advanced capitalist \"First World\" nor with the socialist \"Second World.\" In this historical context, the category of \"Third World literature\" emerged, a category that has itself spawned a whole industry of scholarly and critical studies, particularly in the metropolitan West, but increasingly in the homelands of the Third World itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSetting himself against the growing tendency to homogenize \"Third World\" literature and cultures, Aijaz Ahmad has produced a spirited critique of the major theoretical statements on \"colonial discourse\" and \"post-colonialism,\" dismantling many of the commonplaces and conceits that dominate contemporary cultural criticism. With lengthy considerations of, among others, Fredric Jameson, Edward Said, and the Subaltern Studies group, \u003ci\u003eIn Theory\u003c\/i\u003e also contains brilliant analyses of the concept of Indian literature, of the genealogy of the term \"Third World,\" and of the conditions under which so-called \"colonial discourse theory\" emerged in metropolitan intellectual circles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eErudite and lucid, Ahmad's remapping of the terrain of cultural theory is certain to provoke passionate response.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376762421471,"sku":"9781844672134","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/C4QzKeEg7v9781844672134.webp?v=1789225272"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/aijaz-ahmad.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}