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The Present as History
This chapter is in the book The Present as History

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction xi
  5. Part One. The Global economy
  6. 1. Amartya Sen 3
  7. 2. Helena Norberg-Hodge 17
  8. 3. Sanjay Reddy 27
  9. 4. Joseph Stiglitz 54
  10. Part Two. Postcolonialism and the New Imperialism
  11. 5. Partha Chatterjee 71
  12. 6. Mahmood Mamdani 94
  13. 7. Anatol Lieven 109
  14. Part Three. Feminism and Human Rights
  15. 8. Shirin Ebadi 139
  16. 9. Lila Abu-Lughod 143
  17. 10. Saba Mahmood 148
  18. 11. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak 172
  19. Part Four. Secularism and Islam
  20. 12. Talal Asad 205
  21. 13. Gil Anidjar 225
  22. Notes 255
  23. Notes on Interviewees 259
  24. Index 263
https://doi.org/10.7312/shai14298-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Introduction xi
  5. Part One. The Global economy
  6. 1. Amartya Sen 3
  7. 2. Helena Norberg-Hodge 17
  8. 3. Sanjay Reddy 27
  9. 4. Joseph Stiglitz 54
  10. Part Two. Postcolonialism and the New Imperialism
  11. 5. Partha Chatterjee 71
  12. 6. Mahmood Mamdani 94
  13. 7. Anatol Lieven 109
  14. Part Three. Feminism and Human Rights
  15. 8. Shirin Ebadi 139
  16. 9. Lila Abu-Lughod 143
  17. 10. Saba Mahmood 148
  18. 11. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak 172
  19. Part Four. Secularism and Islam
  20. 12. Talal Asad 205
  21. 13. Gil Anidjar 225
  22. Notes 255
  23. Notes on Interviewees 259
  24. Index 263
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