Free agency or opportunism is one of the characteristics of the neocolonials. think how much trouble we have pinpointing actual loyalties of the maoists - are they agents of the west or ccp. they will be first to state that they are indepedents and rationals only, freed from fetters of history (ie culture) through an act of rationalism and will (secularized christian belief in "free will" of God). Hussein is islamic version of arundhati. they will then condescend to bestow their graces and judgment upon native art forms.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->But there are many contradictions in these intellectual sepoys: (i) While many are Subalternists, India's masses, classics and culture are often alien to them, and they disrespect and caricaturize Hinduism in a reductionist Eurocentric way. (ii) Instead, they know mainly western thought and hermeneutics. (iii)<b> Yet, their careers are based on being proxies for the very tradition that they regard as a scourge.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->But there are many contradictions in these intellectual sepoys: (i) While many are Subalternists, India's masses, classics and culture are often alien to them, and they disrespect and caricaturize Hinduism in a reductionist Eurocentric way. (ii) Instead, they know mainly western thought and hermeneutics. (iii)<b> Yet, their careers are based on being proxies for the very tradition that they regard as a scourge.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->