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I Am the People: Reflections on Popular Sovereignty Today by Partha Chatterjee

by mesaas | Nov 12, 2019 | Publications |

The forms of liberal government that emerged after World War II are in the midst of a profound crisis. In I Am the People, Partha Chatterjee reconsiders the concept of popular sovereignty in order to explain today’s dramatic outburst of movements claiming to speak for... Read more

Europe and its Shadows by Hamid Dabashi

by mesaas | Oct 29, 2019 | Publications |

Europe has long imagined itself as the centre of the universe, although its precise geographical, cultural and social terrains have always been amorphous. Exploring the fear and fascination associated with the continent as an allegory, Hamid Dabashi considers Europe... Read more

Reforming Modernity by Wael Hallaq

by mesaas | Oct 21, 2019 | Publications |

Reforming Modernity is a sweeping intellectual history and philosophical reflection built around the work of the Morocco-based philosopher Abdurrahman Taha, one of the most significant philosophers in the Islamic world since the colonial era. Wael B. Hallaq contends... Read more

Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East

by mesaas | Sep 9, 2019 | Publications |

MESAAS is the host department for the journal Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (non-Columbia link). In 2012 Duke University Press appointed Timothy Mitchell and Anupama Rao as Senior Editors. The current Senior Editors of the journal are... Read more

Anthem Press publishes Contemporary Art, World Cinema, and Visual Culture essays by Hamid Dabashi

by mesaas | Mar 10, 2019 | Publications |

Contemporary Art, World Cinema, and Visual Culture: Essays by Hamid Dabashi is a collection of writings by the acclaimed cultural critic and scholar. A thorough Introduction rigorously frames chapters and identifies in Dabashi’s writings a comprehensive approach,... Read more

The Shahnameh: The Persian Epic as World Literature by Hamid Dabashi

by mesaas | Jan 10, 2019 | Publications |

The Shahnameh, an epic poem recounting the foundation of Iran across mythical, heroic, and historical ages, is the beating heart of Persian literature and culture. Composed by Abu al-Qasem Ferdowsi over a thirty-year period and completed in the year 1010, the epic has... Read more