Vol. 4, Issue 5 May 2012
 
The Lede
On the Job
Foundations
Expressions
Sweet Ache
Letters From
Brazil, Jordan
Perspectives
Politics
A Paradigm Trap
Culture
Direct Message
Reporting & Essays
Reportage
The Takeover
Profile
The Outlier
Arts & Reviews
Art Review
The Revolution Will Be Sung
Art Review
Others Like Us
Books
Review
Light Show
Review
With Souls and Elbows
Editor's Notebook
Finally, A Principled Stand

Bookshelf

Text Size  
Print this page
Add to favourites
   
Confluences: Forgotten Histories from East and West
Ilija Trojanow and Ranjit Hoskote
Yoda Press, 224 pages, 295

In defiance of the current tide of national and cultural neo-tribalism, the authors argue that the lifeblood of culture is confluence. No culture has ever been pure, no tradition self-enclosed, no identity monolithic. Following the journeys of stories, ideas, people and songs, they trace the umbilical connections between Europe and Asia, Zoroastrianism and Christianity, Western revolutionary thought and the annihilatory politics of Jihad and Hindutva.
 
 

Readers' Comments

Total Comments 0
Be first to comment on this article
 
Name :    Place :    Email :   

 
 
Home | The Lede | Letters From | Perspectives | Reporting & Essays | Arts & Reviews | Fiction & Poetry | Books | Bookshelf | The Showcase | Subscribe | About Us
In this Issue | Cover Story | Archive | Photo Essay | Most Read | Register | Advertise With Us