| Archaeology of Babel: The Colonial Foundation of the Humanities Contributor(s): Ahmed, Siraj (Author) |
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ISBN: 1503604020 ISBN-13: 9781503604025 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - Indic - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching |
| Dewey: 407 |
| LCCN: 2017028137 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book locates the origins of the modern humanities in the philological practices of late 18th-century British scholars in colonial India, offering a radical reappraisal of a range of disciplines and excavating hidden pre-colonial practices that might well help the humanities move beyond their current methodological and political impasses. |