Subject: Re: salon interview & rushdie & chomsky
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 21:32:56 +0000




for me post-colonialism is dead, out-fashioned , and its preachers are as 
old as dirt.
--> pronoucing the death of postcolonialism in this manner, in the 
assertive, is itself evocative of the enduring presence of postcolonialsim. 
Mona, it is not easy to pronouce the death of something that you deem no 
longer useful, let alone abeject: "dirt". I don't want to enter into a 
barren discussion of whether or not postcolonialism is dead, surpassed, or 
what you will, but I think your statement can, if taken to heart, generate a 
revival of postcolonialism, without necessarily ascertaining its demise.
thank you, too.
Nouri




>From: "Kamran D. Rastegar" <kdr7-AT-columbia.edu>
>Reply-To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>Subject: Re: salon interview & rushdie & chomsky
>Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 13:52:43 -0500 (EST)
>
>
>
> > salil, you pose many interesting questions about islam.  why doesnt
> > someone on the list respond to these questions??
>
>with due respect to salil, whose posts i do often benefit from (despite
>differences of opinion)... perhaps the reason no-one responds to these
>questions is that no-one is interested in them. i am bored to tears by
>having to engage in reactive discourse over whether or not muhammad
>was to be essentially judged in one way or another for his marriages, etc.
>the market for these debates is already cornered by the likes of jerry
>falwell, no? if folks really feel these essentialist readings are
>pressing issues for "understanding islam" (whatever we may define the
>latter as) then a post-colonial listserv may not be the place for such
>teatime speculation. if we all wanted to opine about the near-mythical
>qualities of the various accounts of the prophets of various religions,
>i doubt we'd have any time to talk about the other issues that may really
>matter in coming to terms with cultural differences. from arjuna to buddha
>to moses to even jesus, the legacy of different religious icons have
>interpretive resonances that change over time. why not talk about that,
>rather than - to quote falwell - if muhammad was a "pedophile" or a
>"terrorist" (btw - does anyone read foucalut's work on sexuality? just as
>a starting point?)... sigh... it's a cliche of the genre, but between
>berry and salil's concerns over sightings of an object they call islam,
>and the near-amusing ramblings of the one individual who writes under
>various names in praise of self (much like god does, or is said to do), i
>feel more and more at a loss for what to say here on this list...
>
>sorry for the digression. i hope this leads the discussion somewhere.
>
>-k
>
>
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