The World in a Grain of Sand: Postcolonial Literature and Radical Universalism by Nivedita Majumdar (review)

[...]Majumdar argues, “radical universalism” can be achieved by recognizing the heterogeneity of political, social, and economic histories and conditions, and finding identification without conflation. The book itself could benefit from a more elaborate theoretical excavation of “radical universalis...

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Published in:Ariel 2024, Vol.55 (1), p.129-132
Main Author: Mohite, Ragini
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
21st century
Developing countries
Devi, Mahasweta (1926-2016)
Ecocriticism
Excavation
Gopal, Priyamvada
Heterogeneity
Lahiri, Jhumpa
LDCs
Nationalism
Native studies
Oppression
Politics
Postcolonialism
Radicalism
Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941)
Transnationalism
Universalism
World literature
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Summary:[...]Majumdar argues, “radical universalism” can be achieved by recognizing the heterogeneity of political, social, and economic histories and conditions, and finding identification without conflation. The book itself could benefit from a more elaborate theoretical excavation of “radical universalism,” for which this chapter would have provided a good basis. “On Transnational Analogy: Thinking Race and Caste with W. E. B. Du Bois and Rabindranath Tagore.”
ISSN:0004-1327
1920-1222
1920-1222
DOI:10.1353/ari.2024.a915996