Literature Against Fundamentalism
$59.03
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
9 October 2024
Summary
Literature Against Dogma: An Agnostic Defense
Acclaimed novelist and academic Tabish Khair argues that literature, as a distinct mode of thinking, can counteract fundamentalism.
Literature is a mode of thought, stories being one of the oldest thinking ‘devices’ known to humankind. The ways in which literature enables us to think are distinctive and necessary because of the relationships between its material (‘language’) and its subject matter (‘reality’). Although present in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198919582 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198919581 |
| Series: | The Literary Agenda |
| Author: | Tabish Khair |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 9 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 164g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 10mm |
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About The Author
Tabish Khair
Tabish Khair is an Indian writer, academic and journalist, born (1966) and educated in the small town of Gaya in Bihar, India. After finishing his MA from Gaya, he completed a PhD at Copenhagen University and a DPhil at Aarhus University, Denmark, where he is now an Associate Professor. He has been a visiting professor or research fellow at various universities and has received Carlsberg, Leverhulme, and other academic grants. Khair is also an internationally published novelist.
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