{"product_id":"trials-of-arab-modernity-literary-affects-and-the-new-political-9780823251711","title":"Trials of Arab Modernity: Literary Affects and the New Political","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tarek El-Ariss\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Modern Language Initiative\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Modern Language Initiative\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Middle Eastern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenging 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46493579444375,"sku":"9780823251711","price":9250.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/trials-of-arab-modernity-literary-affects-and-the-new-political-9780823251711","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}