Description
In three celebrated lectures, extensively re-worked since they were delivered first, Prof. Aijaz Ahmad discusses the progress of neo-imperialism and the increasing influence of fascism in the third world societies and critically evaluates their resources – cultural, social and ideological.
CONTENTS
Introduction to the Second Edition
Introduction to the First Edition
On the Ruins of Ayodhya: Communalist Offensive and Recovery of the Secular
Right Wing Politics, and the Cultures of Cruelty
Globalization and Culture
Cover image: Ami Vitale, Ahmedabad March 2002 (Courtesy: Getty Images). Cover design: Ishtihaar.
Aijaz Ahmad
Aijaz Ahmad is a leading Marxist thinker, critic and commentator, whose contributions to literary theory and commentaries on contemporary politics have been seminal. Among his books are: <a href=”http://www.oup.co.in/product/oxford-india-paperback/indian-writings/poetry/252/ghazals-ghalib-versions-from-urdu-by-aijaz-ahmed-ws-merwin-adrienne-rich-william-stafford-david-ray-thomas-fitzsimmons-mark-strand-william-hunt7/9780195635676″>Ghazals of Ghalib</a>; <a href=”http://www.versobooks.com/books/295-in-theory”>In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures</a>; Lineages of the Present: Political Essays; <a href=”http://www.leftword.com/bookdetails.php?BkId=76&type=PB”>Afghanistan, Iraq and the Imperialism of Our Times</a>.
In the past he has been Visiting Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Senior Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library; held the Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Chair at Jamia Millia University, New Delhi; and Visiting Professor at various universities in the United States and Canada.
Valued for his role as public intellectual, he has been widely read in the Frontline magazine, and heard on international radio and TV.
