{"product_id":"9780631175384","title":"Theory in an Uneven World","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTheory in an Uneven World\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eR. Radhakrishnan\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis major intervention into debates about the postcolonial and the global proposes that theory should embody unevenness as symptom even as it envisions strategies to get beyond unevenness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRadhakrishnan's thought-provoking engagement with theorists and writers from around the world will fascinate readers across a wide range of disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA major intervention into debates about the postcolonial and the global.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProposes that theory bear the burden of unevenness even as it seeks a way out of it - neither captive to the world as it is, nor naively credulous of visions of the world as it should be, theory argues for an ethics of persuasion that is firmly rooted in political resistance.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngages with a wide range of theorists and writers from around the world.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRanges over fields as diverse as critical theory, postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, minority studies, cultural studies and anthropology.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eR. Radhakrishnan\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDiasporic Mediations: Between Home and Location\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Minnesota Press, 1996). His articles and essays have appeared in a wide range of scholarly journals and in collections such as \u003ci\u003eNationalisms and Sexualities\u003c\/i\u003e (Ed. Parker, Russo, Sommer and Yaeger, Routledge, 1992), \u003ci\u003eThe Nature and Context of Minority Discourse \u003c\/i\u003e(ed. Mohamed and Lloyd, OUP, 1991), \u003ci\u003eOrientations: Mapping Studies in the Asian Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e (ed. Chuh and Shimakawa, Duke University Press, 2001) and \u003ci\u003eIdentities: Race, Class, Gender, Nationalit\u003c\/i\u003ey (Ed. Alcoff and Mendieta, Blackwell 2003).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 October 2003\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780631175384\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e234\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.64\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379787952268,"sku":"9780631175384","price":51.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780631175384.jpg?v=1780170384","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780631175384","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}