The Present as History : : Critical Perspectives on Global Power /

The Present as History : : Critical Perspectives on Global Power / / Nermeen Shaikh.

The Present as History is a rare opportunity to hear world-renowned scholars speak on the new imperialism, feminism and human rights, secularism and Islam, post-colonialism, and the global economy. They treat the United States as an object to be historically and politically interrogated rather than...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Shaikh, Nermeen,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2007]
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Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One. The Global economy
  • 1. Amartya Sen
  • 2. Helena Norberg-Hodge
  • 3. Sanjay Reddy
  • 4. Joseph Stiglitz
  • Part Two. Postcolonialism and the New Imperialism
  • 5. Partha Chatterjee
  • 6. Mahmood Mamdani
  • 7. Anatol Lieven
  • Part Three. Feminism and Human Rights
  • 8. Shirin Ebadi
  • 9. Lila Abu-Lughod
  • 10. Saba Mahmood
  • 11. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
  • Part Four. Secularism and Islam
  • 12. Talal Asad
  • 13. Gil Anidjar
  • Notes
  • Notes on Interviewees
  • Index

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