Afrequent question which faces development theorists is that of governance. Constantly we are told that the key to development is “good governance” — that is, strong institutions capable of fulfilling their roles, an emphasis on the effective enforcement of the rule of law and some level of participation of concerned sectional groups in the...
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Despite his immense literary skill, Kurt Vonnegut, who died in April this year, was never really a household name, even in his native America. A fourth-generation German immigrant, he waited a long time for public recognition. His is not the most inspirational fiction I have read, nor is he the most skilled writer. However,...
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The question of translation has been around for centuries. Even as far back as Anglo-Saxon England, Latin texts were being translated into the vernacular and, as time passed, translation became an increasingly problematic issue. A central concern that arises when translating a text is the question of authorship. For the Anglo-Saxons, this posed no...
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We live in an age of pastiche, to paraphrase Frederic Jameson’s argument in ‘Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism’. In our Postmodern era, the death of the author has been followed rapidly by the death of the subject. Pastiche is our way of attempting to resurrect the dead and reinvigorate a past...
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