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In "What Is a World?" Pheng Cheah, a leading theorist of cosmopolitanism, offers the first critical consideration of world literature's cosmopolitan vocation. Addressing the failure of recent theories of world literature to inquire about the meaning of "world," Cheah articulates a normative theory of literature's world-making power by creatively synthesizing four philosophical accounts of the world as a temporal process: idealism, Marxist materialism, phenomenology, and deconstruction. Literature opens worlds, he provocatively suggests, because it is a force of receptivity. Cheah compellingly argues for postcolonial literature's exemplarity as world literature through readings of narrative fiction by Michelle Cliff, Amitav Ghosh, Nuruddin Farah, Ninotchka Rosca, and Timothy Mo that show how these texts open up new possibilities for remaking the world by negotiating with the inhuman force that gives time and deploying alternative temporalities to resist capitalist globalization."--Provided by publisher.

Postcolonialisme --- Littérature et société --- Littérature et mondialisation --- Postcolonialism. --- Literature and society. --- Literature and globalization. --- Literature, Modern --- Literature, Modern. --- Postkoloniale Literatur. --- Globalisierung. --- Weltbürgertum --- Postkolonialism. --- Litteratur och samhälle. --- Litteratur och globalisering. --- Litteratur --- History and criticism. --- Historia. --- Weltbürgertum. --- Sociology of literature --- Comparative literature --- Postcolonialisme. --- Littérature et société. --- Littérature et mondialisation.

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This edited collection is a major contribution to the current development of a 'material turn' in the social sciences and humanities. It does so by exploring new understandings of how power is made up and exercised by examining the role of material infrastructures in the organization of state power and the role of material cultural practices in the organization of colonial forms of governance. A diverse range of historical examples is drawn on in illustrating these concerns - from the role of territorial engineering projects in seventeenth-century France through the development of

Infrastructure (Economics) --- Imperialism --- Capital, Social (Economics) --- Economic infrastructure --- Social capital (Economics) --- Social infrastructure --- Social overhead capital --- Economic development --- Human settlements --- Public goods --- Public works --- Capital --- Colonies --- History. --- #SBIB:39a3 --- #SBIB:316.7c120 --- 316.7 --- 316.7 Cultuursociologie --(algemeen) --- Cultuursociologie --(algemeen) --- Colonies&delete& --- History --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- History of France --- politieke geschiedenis --- industrialisatie --- Imperialism. --- Infrastruktur --- Materialism --- Postkolonialism. --- Historia. --- Kolonier --- Historia --- Kolonier. --- France. --- Great Britain.

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This fascinating study explores the intersection of postcolonial theory and medievalism. While the latter has traditionally been defined primarily in terms of European nationalism, the essays in this volume discuss medievalism in regions as wide-ranging as the United States, India, Latin America, and Africa. This innovative approach demonstrates the ways alternative conceptions of medieval and modern history can provide new insights into the idea of the Middle Ages and the origins and legacy of colonialism. Through diverse and thought-provoking essays, the contributors demonstrate that writing the Middle Ages has been key in colonial and postcolonial struggles over racial, ethnic, and territorial identity. They also argue that colonial medievalisms are crucial to understanding the history of entrenched temporal and political partitions, such as medieval/modern and East/West. The essays are divided into four sections that address a set of related questions raised by the literary and political intersections of medievalism and colonialism. Each section is followed by a response -- two are by postcolonial theorists and two by medievalists -- that carefully considers the essay's arguments and comments on its implications for the respondent's field of study. This volume is the first to bring medievalists and postcolonial scholars into conversation about the shared histories of their fields and the potential for mutual endeavor. Medievalisms in the Postcolonial World will both redirect scholarship in medievalism and inform approaches to temporality in postcolonial studies.

Medievalism. --- Postcolonialism. --- Middle Ages --- Postcolonialism --- Middle Ages in literature. --- Médiévisme --- Postcolonialisme --- Moyen Age --- Moyen Age dans la littérature --- Study and teaching --- Etude et enseignement --- Europe --- Colonies --- Intellectual life. --- Civilization --- Foreign public opinion. --- Vie intellectuelle --- Civilisation --- Opinion publique étrangère --- Study and teaching (Higher) --- Public opinion. --- Middeleeuwen. --- Postkolonialisme. --- Mediëvistiek. --- Mittelalter. --- Postkolonialismus. --- Entkolonialisierung. --- Rezeption. --- colonialisme --- études médiévales --- Postkolonialism. --- Medeltiden --- Medeltiden i litteraturen. --- Medievalism --- Middle Ages in literature --- Moyen-Âge (thème artistique ou littéraire) --- post-colonialisme --- histoire médiévale --- Occident --- Orient --- influenser. --- Public opinion --- Intellectual life --- Foreign public opinion --- Study and teaching (Higher). --- Colonialisme --- Études médiévales --- Médiévisme --- Moyen Age dans la littérature --- Opinion publique étrangère --- --Esthétique --- --Postcolonialisme --- --Moyen âge, --- Étude et enseignement --- --Europe --- --Civilisation --- --Opinion publique --- --Littérature --- --Study and teaching (Higher) --- Influenser. --- Post-colonialisme --- Histoire médiévale --- Middle Ages - Study and teaching (Higher) --- Postcolonialism - Study and teaching (Higher) --- Esthétique --- Moyen âge, 476-1492 --- Opinion publique --- Littérature --- Europe - Colonies - Intellectual life --- Europe - Civilization - Public opinion --- Europe - Foreign public opinion --- Moyen-Âge --- Postcolinialisme --- Dans la littérature --- Colonies européennes --- Colonies européennes --- Moyen-Âge --- Étude et enseignement --- Dans la littérature