Arif Dirlik is professor of history at University of Oregon.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 How the Grinch Hijacked Radicalism: Thoughts on Postrevolutionary HistoriesChapter 3 Revolution in History and Memory: The Politics of Cultural Revolution in Historical PerspectiveChapter 4 Is There History after Eurocentrism? Globalism, Postcolonialism, and the Disavowal of HistoryChapter 5 Theory, History, Culture: Cultural Identity and the Politics in the Twentieth Century ChinaChapter 6 Reading Ashis Nandy: The Return of the Past, or Modernity with a Vengeance?Chapter 7 Formations of Globality and Radical PoliticsChapter 8 Bringing History Back In: Of Diasporas, Hybridities, Place and HistoriesChapter 9 The Past as Legacy and Project: Postcolonial Criticism in the Perspective of Indigenous HistoricismChapter 10 Places and Transcommunality: A Comment on John Brown Child's Idea of the Transcommunal

This is a feisty and extremely intelligent book. It is urgent reading for anyone committed to understanding and improving the world.

Arif Dirlik is professor of history at University of Oregon.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 How the Grinch Hijacked Radicalism: Thoughts on Postrevolutionary HistoriesChapter 3 Revolution in History and Memory: The Politics of Cultural Revolution in Historical PerspectiveChapter 4 Is There History after Eurocentrism? Globalism, Postcolonialism, and the Disavowal of HistoryChapter 5 Theory, History, Culture: Cultural Identity and the Politics in the Twentieth Century ChinaChapter 6 Reading Ashis Nandy: The Return of the Past, or Modernity with a Vengeance?Chapter 7 Formations of Globality and Radical PoliticsChapter 8 Bringing History Back In: Of Diasporas, Hybridities, Place and HistoriesChapter 9 The Past as Legacy and Project: Postcolonial Criticism in the Perspective of Indigenous HistoricismChapter 10 Places and Transcommunality: A Comment on John Brown Child's Idea of the Transcommunal

This is a feisty and extremely intelligent book. It is urgent reading for anyone committed to understanding and improving the world.

Arif Dirlik is professor of history at University of Oregon.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 How the Grinch Hijacked Radicalism: Thoughts on Postrevolutionary HistoriesChapter 3 Revolution in History and Memory: The Politics of Cultural Revolution in Historical PerspectiveChapter 4 Is There History after Eurocentrism? Globalism, Postcolonialism, and the Disavowal of HistoryChapter 5 Theory, History, Culture: Cultural Identity and the Politics in the Twentieth Century ChinaChapter 6 Reading Ashis Nandy: The Return of the Past, or Modernity with a Vengeance?Chapter 7 Formations of Globality and Radical PoliticsChapter 8 Bringing History Back In: Of Diasporas, Hybridities, Place and HistoriesChapter 9 The Past as Legacy and Project: Postcolonial Criticism in the Perspective of Indigenous HistoricismChapter 10 Places and Transcommunality: A Comment on John Brown Child's Idea of the Transcommunal

This is a feisty and extremely intelligent book. It is urgent reading for anyone committed to understanding and improving the world.