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New Historicism

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/feb/26/biography The Human Factor by  Lucasta Miller Copied from the newspaper The Guardian In 1995, in the early days of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the literary scholar and cultural theorist, Stephen Greenblatt, had a momentary encounter with Bill Clinton at a White House reception. Clinton recalled being made to learn Macbeth at

Homi K. Bhabha

Cultural Diversity and Cultural Differences Homi K. Bhabha The revision of the history of critical theory rests … on the notion of cultural difference, not cultural diversity. Cultural diversity is an epistemological object—culture as an object of empirical knowledge—whereas cultural difference is the process of the enunciation of culture as “knowledgeable,” authoritative, adequate to the

Makarand Paranjape

In JNU, New Delhi, India, on Feb 6, 2016, Makarand Paranjape gave a stunning and eye opener lecture in an open class. have a look at this speech: Lecture Title:  "India's Uncivil Wars? ... Tagore, Gandhi- JNU and What is "Left" of Postcolonial Nationalism" Link of lecture:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmhhvJjQ1Y Link of the lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmhhvJjQ1Y