Otherwise Occupied : Pedagogies of Alterity and the Brahminization of Theory

questions Whether Current Theories And Pedagogies Of Alterity Have Allowed Us Truly To Engage The Other. OTHERWISE OCCUPIED......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 INTRODUCTION......Page 10 1. CRITICAL BACKGROUND TO POSTSTRUCTURALIST THEORIES AND PEDAGOGIES OF ALTERITY......Page 14 SIMULATED BATTLES......Page 24 THE INSTITUTIONALIZATIONOF MULTICULTURALISM......Page 25 THE METHODOLOGY OF MULTICULTURALISM......Page 27 MARKETING THE MARGIN......Page 33 MASKING THE METANARRATIVE OF RACE......Page 36 DEFINITIONS AND THE SCOPE OF POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM......Page 40 HISTORY AND POSTCOLONIAL SUBJECTIVITY......Page 43 THE POSTCOLONIAL CRITIC......Page 45 THE REPRESSIVE ALLURE OF POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM......Page 52 4. THE BRAHMINIZATION OF THEORY:COMMODITY FETISHISM AND FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS......Page 58 INTRODUCTION......Page 59 POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM’S DISCIPLINARY ROOTS......Page 62 COMMODIFYING POSTCOLONIAL THEORY AND TYPE-CASTING THE CRITIC......Page 68 FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS......Page 73 COMMODITY FETISHISM AND BRAHMINIZATION......Page 77 INTRODUCTION......Page 80 SPOKESPERSONSHIP......Page 81 THE EXILE......Page 83 THE NOMAD......Page 92 A WAND’RING MINSTREL I,A THING OF SHREDS AND PATCHES......Page 98 THEORY CONFRONTS REALITY......Page 100 RHETORIC......Page 103 THE FALLACI AFFAIR......Page 110 FINAL BELIEFS......Page 113 INTRODUCTION......Page 116 POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION IN INDIA......Page 118 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN THE UNITED STATES......Page 122 COSMETIC ENHANCEMENT......Page 126 Conclusion: THE COLLECTING OF THE OTHER......Page 130 Notes......Page 138 Bibliography......Page 150 C......Page 168 H......Page 169 M......Page 170 S......Page 171 Ž......Page 172 OTHERWISE OCCUPIED 4 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 INTRODUCTION 10 1. CRITICAL BACKGROUND TO POSTSTRUCTURALIST THEORIES AND PEDAGOGIES OF ALTERITY 14 2. MULTICULTURALISM 24 SIMULATED BATTLES 24 THE INSTITUTIONALIZATIONOF MULTICULTURALISM 25 THE METHODOLOGY OF MULTICULTURALISM 27 MARKETING THE MARGIN 33 MASKING THE METANARRATIVE OF RACE 36 3. POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM AND IDENTITARIAN POLITICS 40 DEFINITIONS AND THE SCOPE OF POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM 40 HISTORY AND POSTCOLONIAL SUBJECTIVITY 43 THE POSTCOLONIAL CRITIC 45 THE REPRESSIVE ALLURE OF POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM 52 4. THE BRAHMINIZATION OF THEORY:COMMODITY FETISHISM AND FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS 58 INTRODUCTION 59 POSTCOLONIAL CRITICISM’S DISCIPLINARY ROOTS 62 COMMODIFYING POSTCOLONIAL THEORY AND TYPE-CASTING THE CRITIC 68 FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS 73 COMMODITY FETISHISM AND BRAHMINIZATION 77 5. THE ROMANCE OF EXILE 80 INTRODUCTION 80 SPOKESPERSONSHIP 81 THE EXILE 83 THE NOMAD 92 A WAND’RING MINSTREL I,A THING OF SHREDS AND PATCHES 98 6. OCCIDENTALISM 100 THEORY CONFRONTS REALITY 100 RHETORIC 103 THE FALLACI AFFAIR 110 FINAL BELIEFS 113 7. GESTURES OF INCLUSION 116 INTRODUCTION 116 POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION IN INDIA 118 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN THE UNITED STATES 122 COSMETIC ENHANCEMENT 126 Conclusion: THE COLLECTING OF THE OTHER 130 Notes 138 Bibliography 150 Index 168 A 168 B 168 C 168 D 169 E 169 F 169 G 169 H 169 I 170 J 170 K 170 L 170 M 170 N 171 O 171 P 171 R 171 S 171 T 172 U 172 V 172 W 172 Ž 172 Questions whether current theories and pedagogies of alterity have allowed us truly to engage the Other. Tracing the historical development of recent identity-based trends in literary theory to their roots in structuralism, Dorothy M. Figueira questions the extent to which theories and pedagogies of alterity have actually enabled us to engage the Other. She tracks academic attempts to deal with alterity from their inception in critical thought in the 1960s to the present. Focusing on multiculturalism and postcolonialism as professional and institutional practices, Figueira examines how such theories and pedagogies informed the academic and public discourse regarding September 11. She also investigates the theories and pedagogies of alterity as crucial elements in the bureaucratization of diversity within academe and discusses their impact on affirmative action