Skip to content

In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures

In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures Paperback - 1994

by Ahmad, Aijaz

  • Used
  • Acceptable
  • Paperback

Description

Paperback. Acceptable.
Used - Acceptable
NZ$4.42
NZ$18.05 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 7 to 40 days
More Shipping Options
Ships from World of Books Ltd (West Sussex, United Kingdom)

Details

  • Title In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures
  • Author Ahmad, Aijaz
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First paperback
  • Condition Used - Acceptable
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Verso, London
  • Date July 1994
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR009738241
  • ISBN 9780860916772 / 0860916774
  • Weight 1.26 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.13 x 6.06 x 0.83 in (23.19 x 15.39 x 2.11 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00000000
  • Dewey Decimal Code 809.891

About World of Books Ltd West Sussex, United Kingdom

Biblio member since 2007
Seller rating: This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

In 2002, World of Books Group was founded on an ethos to do good, protect the planet and support charities by enabling more goods to be reused. Since then, we've grown into to a global company pioneering the circular economy. Today, we drive the circular economy through three re-commerce brands: - Wob: Through Wob, we sell. We provide affordable, preloved books and media to customers all over the world. A book leaves our collection of over seven million titles and begins a new chapter every two seconds, enabling more goods to be reused. - Ziffit: Through Ziffit, we buy. We give people around the world the opportunity to contribute to the circular economy, earn money and protect the planet, by trading their unwanted books and media. - Shopiago: Through Shopiago, we help others. By sharing the technology that has grown World of Books Group into the business it is today, we're helping charities increase revenue and reduce waste through re-commerce.

Terms of Sale:

If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase for any reason, simply email customerservice@worldofbooks.com and we will quickly resolve any issues you may have. If you have any other queries about your order, please email customerservice@worldofbooks.com. Our goal is to deliver to our customers the best possible service and we hope your experience of dealing with us lives up to our promise. If for whatever reason we fail to meet your expectations then please let us know.

Browse books from World of Books Ltd

From the publisher

Aijaz Ahmad is a renowned cultural theorist who has taught in several western and Indian universities. A frequent contributor to Frontline magazine, he currently lives in New Delhi.

Categories

Media reviews

In Theory is an erudite and brilliant work—one of the few books in recent years on politics, and literature, which deserves to be taken completely seriously.”—The Guardian

“A sustained and searching polemic ... A powerful dissenting voice to the two orthodoxies—‘Third Worldism’ and post-structuralism—which have succeeded each other in misrepresenting, as Ahmad convincingly shows, the nature of the many different literatures and cultures flourishing in Africa and Asia. Because of this vigorously argued claim, Ahmad’s voice is one of the most important in the current critical debate.”—Financial Times

“Aijaz Ahmad addresses the work of Frederic Jameson, Edward Said and Marx as a theorist of colonialism ... an important and intermittently brilliant book, ‘must’ redaing for any students of ‘world literature’.”—Choice

“Aijaz Ahmad’s In Theory is a brilliant polemic which remorselessly undoes some Western illusions about post-colonial societies. Ahmad examines the historical roots of Western Third-Worldism ... His book is a sharp reminder that there is only one world—that of international capitalism—within which some post-colonial nations have needed to struggle and resist more energetically than others.”—Times Literary Supplement

About the author

Aijaz Ahmad is a renowned cultural theorist who has taught in several western and Indian universities. A frequent contributor to "Frontline" magazine, he currently lives in New Delhi.