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- Trials of Arab Modernity: Literary Affects and the New Political
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Fordham University Press
summary
Challenging prevalent conceptualizations of modernity—which treat it either as a Western ideology imposed by colonialism or as a universal narrative of progress and innovation—this study instead offers close readings of the simultaneous performances and contestations of modernity staged in works by authors such as Rifa’a al-Tahtawi, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, Tayeb Salih, Hanan al-Shaykh, Hamdi Abu Golayyel, and Ahmad Alaidy.
In dialogue with affect theory, deconstruction, and psychoanalysis, the book reveals these trials to be a violent and ongoing confrontation with and within modernity. In pointed and witty prose, El-Ariss bridges the gap between Nahda (the so-called Arab project of Enlightenment) and postcolonial and postmodern fiction.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 1-4
- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- 2. Fantasy of the Imam
- pp. 19-52
- 3. Aversion to Civilization
- pp. 53-87
- 4. Staging the Colonial Encounter
- pp. 88-113
- 5. Majnun Strikes Back
- pp. 114-144
- 6. Hacking the Modern
- pp. 145-171
- 7. Conclusion: Writing the New Political
- pp. 172-182
- Bibliography
- pp. 213-226
Additional Information
ISBN
9780823252367
Related ISBN(s)
9780823251711, 9780823251728
MARC Record
OCLC
847623349
Pages
248
Launched on MUSE
2013-05-20
Language
English
Open Access
No