Literature Against Fundamentalism

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.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tabish (Associate Professor Khair, Tabish Khair, Khair Tabish
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 18.07.2024
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazi
• EAN: 9780198919582
• ISBN: 978-0-19-891958-2
• Numero di pagine: 144
• Serie: The Literary Agenda
• Categorie: Philosophy of Language, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, PHILOSOPHY / Language, RELIGION / Fundamentalism, Religion & politics, Literary theory, Religion and Politics, Religious Fundamentalism