Thought of Nirad C. Chaudhuri - Islam, Empire and Loss

This innovative revisiting of South Asian intellectual history critically examines Nirad C. Chaudhuri, the writer and defender of empire.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Nirad Chaudhuri and the Muslim world; 2. Chaudhuri, archive and alienation; 3. Chaudhuri, sadness and loss; 4. Chaudhuri and empire; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Ian Almond is Professor of World Literature at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University in Qatar. A British academic who has lived in India, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Qatar and the US, he is the author of five books and over forty articles. He specialises in comparative world literature, with a tri-continental emphasis on Mexico, Bengal and Turkey. His books have been translated into eight languages, including Arabic, Russian, Turkish, Korean, Serbo-Croat, Persian and Indonesian.

Summary

A critical examination of the famous South Asian writer Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897–1999), a notorious Anglophile and defender of empire. Ian Almond analyses Chaudhuri from the perspectives of Islam, the archive, melancholy and empire, exploring the evolution of his thought and the consequences this has for our understanding of 'cosmopolitan' intellectuals.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Almond
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.09.2015
• EAN: 9781107094437
• ISBN: 978-1-107-09443-7
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History of Ideas, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, India, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / India