Tabish Khair makes the provocative argument that literature is an agnostic mode of thinking about language, reality, and their relationship to each other that can be an antidote to fundamentalism. The book concludes with an impassioned 'call to literature' as a means of remedying the current crisis in the humanities.
Tabish Khair makes the provocative argument that literature is an agnostic mode of thinking about language, reality, and their relationship to each other that can be an antidote to fundamentalism. The book concludes with an impassioned 'call to literature' as a means of remedying the current crisis in the humanities.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tabish Khair is an Indian writer, academic and journalist, born (1966) and educated in the small town of Gaya in Bihar, India. After finishing his MA from Gaya, he completed a PhD at Copenhagen University and a DPhil at Aarhus University, Denmark, where he is now an Associate Professor. He has been a visiting professor or research fellow at various universities and has received Carlsberg, Leverhulme, and other academic grants. Khair is also an internationally published novelist.
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Acknowledgements Introduction: What Is in a Word? 1: What Literature Does Not Say 2: Literature, Gaps, and Historicity 3: Literature, Gaps, and Ahistoricity 4: Language, Literature, and the Book 5: Why 'God' and Literature are a Problem for Fundamentalism Conclusion: A Call to Literature Bibliography Index
Acknowledgements Introduction: What Is in a Word? 1: What Literature Does Not Say 2: Literature, Gaps, and Historicity 3: Literature, Gaps, and Ahistoricity 4: Language, Literature, and the Book 5: Why 'God' and Literature are a Problem for Fundamentalism Conclusion: A Call to Literature Bibliography Index
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