Postmodernity's Histories by Arif Dirlik
Challenges to the conventional study of history have been raised by the recent paradigm of globalization and by new intellectual transformations linked to postmodernism and postcolonialism. In this book the noted historian Arif Dirlik argues for a new approach to the practice of historical research. Moving beyond mere critique, he synthesizes traditional historical methods with new approaches that emphasize historical memory, indigenous writing, place based history, and the dual processes of integration and fragmentation in a globalized world.
This is a feisty and extremely intelligent bookIt is urgent reading for anyone committed to understanding and improving the world. -- Immanuel Wallerstein, Fernand Braudel Center, Yale University
A critical analysis of postmodernist and postcolonial thought and theories of globalization. Dirlik makes a powerful argument against both older social-science functionalism and current culturalism and stresses to what extent Eurocentrism is not just a discourse but is embedded in structures of economic, political, and social power. Without capitalism, Eurocentrism would have been just another ethnocentrism. Dirlik’s essays constitute an important corrective to aspects of recent postmodernist and postcolonialist literature. -- Georg Iggers, SUNY, Buffalo
A critical analysis of postmodernist and postcolonial thought and theories of globalization. Dirlik makes a powerful argument against both older social-science functionalism and current culturalism and stresses to what extent Eurocentrism is not just a discourse but is embedded in structures of economic, political, and social power. Without capitalism, Eurocentrism would have been just another ethnocentrism. Dirlik’s essays constitute an important corrective to aspects of recent postmodernist and postcolonialist literature. -- Georg Iggers, SUNY, Buffalo
Arif Dirlik is professor of history at University of Oregon.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780742501676 |
| ISBN 10 | 0742501671 |
| Title | Postmodernity's Histories |
| Author | Arif Dirlik |
| Series | Culture And Politics Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Year published | 2000-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 260 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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