On Communalism and Globalization - Offensives of the Far Right

Author: Aijaz Ahmed
Publisher: Three Essays
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 120
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8188394041

Description

In three celebrated lectures, extensively re-worked since they were delivered first, Prof. Aijaz Ahmad discusses the progress of neo-imperialism and the increasing influence of fascism in the third world societies and critically evaluates their resources - cultural, social and ideological.

In three celebrated lectures, extensively re-worked since they were delivered first, Prof. Aijaz Ahmad discusses the progress of neo-imperialism and the increasing influence of fascism in the third world societies and critically evaluates their resources cultural, social and ideological.

Contents

Introduction

On the Ruins of Ayodhya:
Communalist Offensive and Recovery of the Secular

Right Wing Politics, and the Cultures of Cruelty

Globalization and Culture