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The Thought of Nirad C. Chaudhuri - Islam, Empire and Loss (Paperback)
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The Thought of Nirad C. Chaudhuri - Islam, Empire and Loss (Paperback)
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In this critical examination of the famous South Asian thinker
Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897-1999), a notorious Anglophile and defender
of Empire, Ian Almond analyses the factors that played a role in
the evolution of his thought. Almond explores how Empire creates
'native informants', enabling local subjects to alienate themselves
from and even abhor their own cultures. Through analysis of
Chaudhuri's views on Islam, his use of the archive, moments of
melancholy and loss in his writing, and his opinions on empire,
Almond dissects the constitution of an Indian writer and locates
the precise ways in which Chaudhuri was able to produce the kind of
discourses he did, exploring how conservative, pro-Western
intellectuals are formed in postcolonial environments. A strong
comparative element places Chaudhuri's views in the context of
conservative intellectuals from Latin America, the Middle East and
South Asia, concluding with a consideration of present-day 'native
informants' from these regions.
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