TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mohanty,Satya P.
TI  - Literary theory and the claims of history: postmodernism, objectivity, multicultural politics 
SN  - 0801429021 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - PN94 .M65 1997
U1  - 801.9509 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Criticism
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Literature, Modern
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Theory, etc
KW  - Postmodernism (Literature)
KW  - Multiculturalism
N2  - Drawing on detailed analyses of reference, interpretation, and the nature value, Satya P. Mohanty defends a "postpositivist realist" conception of objectivity as a legitimate ideal of all inquiry. He outlines a realist theory of social identity and multicultural politics, showing why radical moral universalism and cultural diversity need to be seen a complementary, rather than competing ideals
ER  -