Aijaz Ahmad: Nationalism, Post-colonialism, Communism

Gregory Elliott, Francis Mulhern and Peter Osborne ~ RP 076 (Mar/Apr 1996) ~ Interview

INTERVIEW AijazAhmad Nationalism, Post-colonialism, Communism RP: Could we begin by asking you to tell us something about your background? Ahmad: I was born in India towards the end of colonial rule, so I was very much a child of nationalism. I came from a rather traditional rural family, but my father was a left-of-centre nationalist. […]