Theory in an Uneven World

R. Radhakrishnan is Professor of English at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Diasporic Mediations: Between Home and Location (University of Minnesota Press, 1996). His articles and essays have appeared in a wide range of scholarly journals and in collections such as Nationalisms and Sexualities (Ed. Parker, Russo, Sommer and Yaeger, Routledge, 1992), The Nature and Context of Minority Discourse (ed. Mohamed and Lloyd, OUP, 1991), Orientations: Mapping Studies in the Asian Diaspora (ed. Chuh and Shimakawa, Duke University Press, 2001) and Identities: Race, Class, Gender, Nationality (Ed. Alcoff and Mendieta, Blackwell 2003).

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Postmodernism and the Rest of the World. 2. The Use and Abuse of Multiculturalism. 3. Globalization, Desire, and the Politics of Representation. 4. Derivative Discourses and the Problem of Signification. 5. Theory in an Uneven World. Notes. Index