{"product_id":"alexandrian-cosmopolitanism-tarek-el-ariss-9780823251728","title":"Alexandrian Cosmopolitanism: An Archive","description":"Challenging prevalent conceptualizations of modernity--which treat it either as a Western ideology imposed by colonialism or as a universal narrative of progress and innovation--this study instead offers close readings of the simultaneous performances and contestations of modernity staged in works by authors such as Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, Tayeb Salih, Hanan al-Shaykh, Hamdi Abu Golayyel, and Ahmad Alaidy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn dialogue with affect theory, deconstruction, and psychoanalysis, the book reveals these trials to be a violent and ongoing confrontation with and within modernity. In pointed and witty prose, El-Ariss bridges the gap between Nahda (the so-called Arab project of Enlightenment) and postcolonial and postmodern fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tarek El-Ariss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823251721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823251728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Language Initiative\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2013","brand":"Tarek El-Ariss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44890602930431,"sku":"9780823251728","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a98dff92-d181-4402-be93-3b5decdfd434.jpg?v=1709739500","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alexandrian-cosmopolitanism-tarek-el-ariss-9780823251728","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}