Christopher Wise
Encyclopedia
Christopher Wise is a scholar and professor of English and Comparative Literature at Western Washington University
in Bellingham, Washington
. His research interests include comparative literature
, postcolonial studies, critical theory
, and Africa
(particularly the Sahel
), and the Middle East
.
(BA, 1984), the University of Oklahoma
(MA, 1986), and the University of California, Riverside
(PhD, 1992).
in Burkina Faso
on a Fulbright Scholarship. During 2000-2001 and 2001-2002, he also taught at the University of Jordan
, Amman
on consecutive Fulbright Award
s, where he developed graduate programs in American Studies
and Islamic Studies
.
Western Washington University
Western Washington University is one of six state-funded, four-year universities of higher education in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located in Bellingham and offers bachelor's and master's degrees.-History:...
in Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham, Washington
Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia...
. His research interests include comparative literature
Comparative literature
Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the literature of two or more different linguistic, cultural or national groups...
, postcolonial studies, critical theory
Critical theory
Critical theory is an examination and critique of society and culture, drawing from knowledge across the social sciences and humanities. The term has two different meanings with different origins and histories: one originating in sociology and the other in literary criticism...
, and Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
(particularly the Sahel
Sahel
The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara desert in the North and the Sudanian Savannas in the south.It stretches across the North African continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea....
), and the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
.
Education
Wise studied at Northwestern College (Iowa)Northwestern College (Iowa)
Northwestern College is a private Christian liberal arts college located in Orange City, Iowa. It is also known as Northwestern IA. It is affiliated with the Reformed Church in America . Northwestern began as an academy in 1882. It was then upgraded to junior college status in 1928...
(BA, 1984), the University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...
(MA, 1986), and the University of California, Riverside
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...
(PhD, 1992).
Career
In 1996-1997, he taught at the University of OuagadougouUniversity of Ouagadougou
Founded in 1974, the University of Ouagadougou is located in the area of Zogona in Ouagadougou. But in 1995 a second campus for professional education known as University Polytechnique of Bobo was opened in the city of Bobo Dioulasso and a third campus for teacher training in Koudougou in 1996...
in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
on a Fulbright Scholarship. During 2000-2001 and 2001-2002, he also taught at the University of Jordan
University of Jordan
The University of Jordan , is a government-supported University located in Amman, Jordan...
, Amman
Amman
Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...
on consecutive Fulbright Award
Fulbright Award
The Fulbright Award is a scholarship awarded as part of the Fulbright Program to foster international research and collaboration. The program also awards a fellowship to Ph.D.'s to lecture and teach in foreign universities...
s, where he developed graduate programs in American Studies
American studies
American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the United States. It traditionally incorporates the study of history, literature, and critical theory, but also includes fields as diverse as law, art, the media, film, religious studies, urban...
and Islamic Studies
Islamic studies
In a Muslim context, Islamic studies can be an umbrella term for all virtually all of academia, both originally researched and as defined by the Islamization of knowledge...
.
Single authored
- The Marxian Hermeneutics of Fredric JamesonFredric JamesonFredric Jameson is an American literary critic and Marxist political theorist. He is best known for his analysis of contemporary cultural trends—he once described postmodernism as the spatialization of culture under the pressure of organized capitalism...
. New York: Lang, 1995. - Derrida, Africa, and the Middle East. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2009.
- ChomskyChomskyChomsky Khomsk ") is a Belarus'-origin surname, and may refer to:* Aviva Chomsky , American historian* Carol Chomsky , American linguist and wife of Noam Chomsky* Elsie Chomsky, American educator...
and Deconstruction: The Politics of Unconscious Knowledge. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2011. - Emerald Bay: From the Lost Archives of Mark TwainMark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
. Bellingham, WA: Northwest Ballet Theater Publications, 2011.
Edited or translated
- "Third World Literature, Postcolonial Studies, and Christianity," a special issue of Christianity and Literature, edited by Christopher Wise, Vol. 45, No. 1 (Autumn) 1995.
- Littératures du SahelSahelThe Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara desert in the North and the Sudanian Savannas in the south.It stretches across the North African continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea....
: Langue(s), Langage(s), Parole(s) dans les Littératures du SahelSahelThe Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara desert in the North and the Sudanian Savannas in the south.It stretches across the North African continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea....
(co-ed. by Christopher Wise). Bellingham, Wash.: CamNexus/Kola Tree Press, 1998. - Yambo OuologuemYambo OuologuemYambo Ouologuem is a Malian writer. His first novel, Le Devoir de Violence , won the Prix Renaudot. He later published Lettre à la France nègre , and Les mille et une bibles du sexe under the pseudonym Utto Rodolph...
: Postcolonial Writer, Islamic Militant, ed. by Christopher Wise. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999. - The Desert Shore: Literatures of the SahelSahelThe Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara desert in the North and the Sudanian Savannas in the south.It stretches across the North African continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea....
, ed. by Christopher Wise. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner PublishersLynne Rienner PublishersLynne Rienner Publishers is an independent scholarly and textbook publishing firm. It was founded in 1984 and publishes in the fields of international studies and comparative world politics. It also publishes books about US politics, sociology and criminology. It also translates foreign books to...
, 2001. - Le Devoir de Violence: Roman, by Yambo OuologuemYambo OuologuemYambo Ouologuem is a Malian writer. His first novel, Le Devoir de Violence , won the Prix Renaudot. He later published Lettre à la France nègre , and Les mille et une bibles du sexe under the pseudonym Utto Rodolph...
(preface by Christopher Wise). Paris: Serpent à Plumes, 2003. - Developing American StudiesAmerican studiesAmerican studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the United States. It traditionally incorporates the study of history, literature, and critical theory, but also includes fields as diverse as law, art, the media, film, religious studies, urban...
at Arab Universities: Resources, Research and Outreach, co-ed. by Christopher Wise. Cairo: Egyptian-American Commission for Educational Exchange & U. S. Embassy, 2004 - The Parachute Drop, by Norbert ZongoNorbert ZongoNorbert Zongo was the publisher and editor of the Burkina Faso newspaper l'Indépendant. He was assassinated after his newspaper began investigating the murder of a driver who had worked for the brother of President Blaise Compaoré.On December 13, 1998, Zongo's burned body was found along with...
(trans. by Christopher Wise). Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2004. - The Yambo Ouologuem Reader: The Duty of Violence, A Black Ghostwriter's Letter to France, and The Thousand and One Bibles of Sex, ed. & trans. by Christopher Wise. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2008.
- Being Arab: Arabism and the Politics of Recognition, ed. by Christopher Wise and Paul James. Fitzroy, Australia: Arena Publishing, 2010.
- The Timbuktu Chronicles, 1493-1599: Al Hajj Mahmud Kati's Tarikh al-fattashTarikh al-fattashThe Tarikh al-fattash is a chronicle written in Arabic in the second half of the 17th century. It provides an account of the Songhay Empire from the reign of Sonni Ali up to 1599 with a few references to events in the following century. The chronicle also mentions the earlier Mali Empire. Octave...
, ed. & trans. by Christopher Wise. Trenton NJ: Africa World Press, 2011.
Book chapters and encyclopedia articles
- Wise, Christopher. "Hawad." Encyclopedia of African Literature. Ed. S. Gikandi. London: Routledge, 2003. 218.
- Wise, Christopher. "An Image of Africa: Racism in ConradConrad- Other uses :* Conrad Editora, Brazilian publisher* Conrad Hotels, global luxury brand of Hilton Hotels* Conrad * Conrad , German manufacturer of diecast toys and promotional models...
's Heart of DarknessHeart of DarknessHeart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad. Before its 1903 publication, it appeared as a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the "100 best novels" and part of the Western canon.The story centres on Charles...
." The Chinua AchebeChinua AchebeAlbert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe popularly known as Chinua Achebe is a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic...
Encyclopedia. Ed. K. M. Booker. London: Greenwood Press, 2003. 115-116. - Wise, Christopher. "Notes from The Aladdin Industry: Or, Middle Eastern Folklore in the Era of Multinational Capitalism." The Emperor's Old Groove: Decolonizing Disney's Magic Kingdom. Ed. B. Ayres. New York: P. Lang, 2003. 105-113.
- Wise, Christopher. "Pacéré, Titinga Frédéric." Encyclopedia of African Literature. Ed. S. Gikandi. London: Routledge, 2003. 430.
- Wise, Christopher. "Paul BowlesPaul BowlesPaul Frederic Bowles was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator.Following a cultured middle-class upbringing in New York City, during which he displayed a talent for music and writing, Bowles pursued his education at the University of Virginia before making various trips to Paris...
and IslamIslamIslam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
." The Creative Circle: Artist, Critic, and Translator in African Literature. Eds. A. E. Overvold, R. K. Priebe, L. Tremaine. Trenton, N. J.: Africa World Press, 2003. 198-214. - Wise, Christopher. "Zongo, Norbert." Encyclopedia of African Literature. Ed. S. Gikandi. London: Routledge, 2003. 587.
- Wise, Christopher. "Brave Bird, Mary (Crow Dog) (1953-)." American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia. Eds. S. J. Crawford and D. F. Kelley. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2005. 83-85.
- Wise, Christopher. "Crow Dog, Leonard (1941-)." American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia. Eds. S. J. Crawford and D. F. Kelley. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2005. 190-192.
- Wise, Christopher. "The Killing of Norbert Zongo," Perspectives on African Literatures at the Millennium, Edited by Arthur Drayton & Peter Ukpokodu. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press, 2006: 252-260.
- Wise, Christopher. and Cora Agatucci. "Historical Review of African-American Literature." English Postcoloniality: Literatures from Around the World. Eds. R. Mohanram and G. Rajan. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996. 137-143.
- Wise, Christopher. "Re-Orienting the Subject: Arab American Ethnicity in Ramzi M. Salti's The Native Informant: Six Tales of Defiance from the Arab World." Ethnicity and the American Short Story. Ed. J. Brown. New York: Garland, 1997. 213-227.
- Wise, Christopher. "The Politics of Ecstasy: Oliver Stone's 'The Doors' and 'Natural Born Killers,'" in *Postmodern Ethics, ed. by Marc J. LaFountain. Carrolton, GA: West Georgia College, 1995.
- Wise, Christopher. "Counterstatement on Gerald Graff's 'The Dilemma of Oppositional Pedagogy: A Response' and Gary Tate's 'Empty Pedagogical Space and Silent Students'." Left Margins: Cultural Studies and Composition Pedagogy. Eds. K. Fitts and A. W. France. Albany: State University of New York, 1995. 293-294.
- Wise, Christopher. "The Dialectics of NégritudeNégritudeNégritude is a literary and ideological movement, developed by francophone black intellectuals, writers, and politiciansin France in the 1930s by a group that included the future Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor, Martinican poet Aimé Césaire, and the Guianan Léon Damas.The Négritude...
: Or, the (Post)Colonial Subject in Contemporary African-American Literature." Postcolonial Discourse and Changing Cultural Contexts: Theory and Criticism. Eds. G. Rajan and R. Mohanram. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995. 34-46. - Wise, Christopher. "Pee-Wee, Penley, and PedagogyPedagogyPedagogy is the study of being a teacher or the process of teaching. The term generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction....
, or, Hands-On Feminism in the Writing Classroom." Left Margins: Cultural Studies and Composition Pedagogy. Eds. K. Fitts and A. W. France. Albany: State University of New York, 1995. 129-137. - Wise, Christopher, "The Novel, Historiography, and the Griot Epic in the Sahel." Teaching the African Novel. Ed. G. Desai. New York: Modern Language Association, 2009: 154-175.
- Wise, Christopher, "Arabism Now." Being Arab: Arabism and the Politics of Recognition. Ed. Christopher Wise & Paul James. Fitzroy, Australia: Arena Publishing, 2009: 3-18.
- Wise, Christopher, "Arab Nationalism After Iraq: Gilbert Achcar in Conversation with Christopher Wise." Being Arab: Arabism and the Politics of Recognition. Ed. Christopher Wise & Paul James. Fitzroy, Australia: Arena Publishing, 2009: 167-182.
- Wise, Christopher, "Arabism and Jihad in the Sahel," Being Arab: Arabism and the Politics of Recognition. Ed. Christopher Wise & Paul James. Fitzroy, Australia: Arena Publishing: 263-272.
- Wise, Christopher, trans. "Key Concepts and Traditional African Society: Liberty, Equality, Human Rights, Duties, Prohibitions, Solidarity, Coexistence, Peace," by El Hadjj Sékou Tall. Voices 4 (2000): 55-63.
- Wise, Christopher, trans. "Wanderings: BamakoBamakoBamako is the capital of Mali and its largest city with a population of 1.8 million . Currently, it is estimated to be the fastest growing city in Africa and sixth fastest in the world...
, MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, DelhiDelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
," by El Hadjj Sékou Tall. Journal of African Travel Writings 8/9 (2001): 77-94.
Articles
- Wise, Christopher. "The Wild West: The Assassination of the Outlaw Osama bin Laden by the President Barack Obama" Arena Magazine, No. 112 (2011): 5-6.
- Wise, Christopher. "Middle East Agendas: What form will democracy take in the Middle East?" Arena Magazine, No. 111 (2011): 20-21.
- Wise, Christopher. "The Figure of Jerusalem: Jacques DerridaJacques DerridaJacques Derrida was a French philosopher, born in French Algeria. He developed the critical theory known as deconstruction and his work has been labeled as post-structuralism and associated with postmodern philosophy...
's Specters of Marx." Christianity and Literature 54 (2004): 73-91. - Wise, Christopher. "MarxismMarxismMarxism is an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry that centers upon a materialist interpretation of history, a dialectical view of social change, and an analysis and critique of the development of capitalism. Marxism was pioneered in the early to mid 19th...
, Geo-Thematics, and Orality-Literacy Studies in the SahelSahelThe Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara desert in the North and the Sudanian Savannas in the south.It stretches across the North African continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea....
." Historical Materialism 12 (2004): 261-288. - Wise, Christopher. "El Hadjj Sékou Tall: A Grand Figure of the SahelSahelThe Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara desert in the North and the Sudanian Savannas in the south.It stretches across the North African continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea....
." Voices 4 (2000): 51-54. - Wise, Christopher. "Norbert ZongoNorbert ZongoNorbert Zongo was the publisher and editor of the Burkina Faso newspaper l'Indépendant. He was assassinated after his newspaper began investigating the murder of a driver who had worked for the brother of President Blaise Compaoré.On December 13, 1998, Zongo's burned body was found along with...
(1949-98)." Research in African Literatures 31 (2000): 232-233. - Wise, Christopher and R. Todd Wise. "A Conversation with Mary Brave Bird." American Indian Quarterly 24 (2000): 482-493.
- Wise, Christopher, ed. & trans. "The Triumph of El Hadjj Tall Oumar, as recounted by Mountaga Tall and Diana Seck." Voices 3 (2000): 29-33.
- Wise, Christopher. "Deconstructionism and ZionismZionismZionism is a Jewish political movement that, in its broadest sense, has supported the self-determination of the Jewish people in a sovereign Jewish national homeland. Since the establishment of the State of Israel, the Zionist movement continues primarily to advocate on behalf of the Jewish state...
: Jacques DerridaJacques DerridaJacques Derrida was a French philosopher, born in French Algeria. He developed the critical theory known as deconstruction and his work has been labeled as post-structuralism and associated with postmodern philosophy...
's Specters of Marx." Diacritics 31 (2001): 56-72. - Wise, Christopher. "Derrida and the Palestinian Question." Arena Journal 20 (2002/03): 167-185.
- Wise, Christopher. "The Garden Trampled: or, The Liquidation of African Culture in V. S. NaipaulV. S. NaipaulSir Vidiadhar Surajprasad "V. S." Naipaul, TC is a Nobel prize-winning Indo-Trinidadian-British writer who is known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire's colonialism...
's A Bend in the River." College Literature 23 (1996): 58-72. - Wise, Christopher. "Moira Ferguson's Colonialism and Gender Relations From Mary Wollstencraft to Jamaica Kincaid." Notes on Contemporary Literature 26 (1996): 11-12.
- Wise, Christopher. "Qur'anic Hermeneutics, SufismSufismSufism or ' is defined by its adherents as the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a '...
, and Le Devoir de Violence: Yambo OuologuemYambo OuologuemYambo Ouologuem is a Malian writer. His first novel, Le Devoir de Violence , won the Prix Renaudot. He later published Lettre à la France nègre , and Les mille et une bibles du sexe under the pseudonym Utto Rodolph...
as Marabout Novelist." Religion & Literature 28 (1996): 85-112. - Wise, Christopher. "Saying 'Yes' to Africa: Jacques DerridaJacques DerridaJacques Derrida was a French philosopher, born in French Algeria. He developed the critical theory known as deconstruction and his work has been labeled as post-structuralism and associated with postmodern philosophy...
's Specters of Marx." Research in African Literatures 33.4 (2002): 124-142. - Wise, Christopher. "Resurrecting the Devil: Notes on Ngũgĩ's Theory of the Oral-Aural African Novel." Research in African Literatures 28 (1997): 134-140.
- Wise, Christopher. "The Actuality of Frantz FanonFrantz FanonFrantz Fanon was a Martiniquo-Algerian psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary and writer whose work is influential in the fields of post-colonial studies, critical theory and Marxism...
: Critical Fanonism, Thomas SankaraThomas SankaraThomas Isidore Noël Sankara was a Burkinabé military captain, Marxist revolutionary, Pan-Africanist theorist, and President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987...
, and Islamic 'Resurgence'." Arena journal 12 (1998): 129-142, - Wise, Christopher. "The Chronicle of a Student Strike in Africa: The Case of Burkina FasoBurkina FasoBurkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
, 1996-1997." African Studies Review 41 (1998): 19-36. - Wise, Christopher. "In Search of Yambo OuologuemYambo OuologuemYambo Ouologuem is a Malian writer. His first novel, Le Devoir de Violence , won the Prix Renaudot. He later published Lettre à la France nègre , and Les mille et une bibles du sexe under the pseudonym Utto Rodolph...
." Research in African Literatures 29 (1998): 159-182. - Wise, Christopher. "Mary Brave Bird Speaks: A Brief Interview." SAIL 10 (1998): 1-8.
- Wise, Christopher. "Yambo OuologuemYambo OuologuemYambo Ouologuem is a Malian writer. His first novel, Le Devoir de Violence , won the Prix Renaudot. He later published Lettre à la France nègre , and Les mille et une bibles du sexe under the pseudonym Utto Rodolph...
contre Malcolm XMalcolm XMalcolm X , born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz , was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its...
: L'Islam Afro-Américain Vu par un Musulman Africain." Analyses: Langages, Textes et Sociétés 6 (1998): 47-55. - Wise, Christopher. "Yambo OuologuemYambo OuologuemYambo Ouologuem is a Malian writer. His first novel, Le Devoir de Violence , won the Prix Renaudot. He later published Lettre à la France nègre , and Les mille et une bibles du sexe under the pseudonym Utto Rodolph...
dans la Postmoderne: les Débats Littéraires sur Le Devoir de Violence depuis 1985." Littératures du Sahel. Eds J. Paré, S. Sanou, C. Wise. Bellingham, Wash.: Camnexus/Kola Tree Press, 1998. 117-122. - Wise, Christopher. "Excavating the New Republic: Post-Colonial Subjectivity in Achebe's Things Fall Apart." Callaloo 22 (1999): 1055-1070.
- Wise, Christopher. "Jameson/Frye/Medieval Hermeneutics." Christianity and Literature 41 (1992): 313-333.
- Wise, Christopher. "Jameson's Dialectical AestheticsAestheticsAesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...
." Rethinking Marxism 6 (1993): 66-86. - Wise, Christopher. "The Whatness of Loulou: Allegories of ThomismThomismThomism is the philosophical school that arose as a legacy of the work and thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, philosopher, theologian, and Doctor of the Church. In philosophy, his commentaries on Aristotle are his most lasting contribution...
in Flaubert." Religion & Literature 25 (1993): 35-49. - Wise, Christopher. "The Profane Illumination: Reflections from the BenjaminBenjaminBenjamin was the last-born of Jacob's twelve sons, and the second and last son of Rachel in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. In the Biblical account, unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan. He died in Egypt on...
-AdornoTheodor W. AdornoTheodor W. Adorno was a German sociologist, philosopher, and musicologist known for his critical theory of society....
Debate." Arena journal 2 (1993/94): 195-214. - Wise, Christopher. "The Case for Jameson, or, Towards a Marxian Pedagogy of World Literature." College Literature 21 (1994): 173-189.
- Wise, Christopher. "The Hammer and the Dove: Nietzsche, FoucaultMichel FoucaultMichel Foucault , born Paul-Michel Foucault , was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas...
, and the American New HistoricismNew HistoricismNew Historicism is a school of literary theory, grounded in critical theory, that developed in the 1980s, primarily through the work of the critic Stephen Greenblatt, and gained widespread influence in the 1990s....
." West Georgia College Review 25 (1995): 43-57. - Wise, Christopher. "Introduction: The PoeticsPoeticsAristotle's Poetics is the earliest-surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory...
of Disgrace." Christianity and Literature 45 (1995): 5-11. - Wise, Christopher. "Messianic Hallucinations and Manichean Realities: Ngugi wa Thiong'oNgugi wa Thiong'oNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o is a Kenyan author, formerly working in English and now working in Gĩkũyũ. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, and essays, ranging from literary and social criticism to children's literature...
, ChristianityChristianityChristianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
, and the Third WorldThird WorldThe term Third World arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either capitalism and NATO , or communism and the Soviet Union...
Novel." Christianity and Literature 45 (1995): 31-51. - Wise, Christopher. "(Post)Modernity/(Post)Coloniality: A Critical Response to Mark PosterMark PosterMark Poster is a Professor Emeritus of History, Film and Media Studies, and the Critical Theory Emphasis at UC Irvine. He received his Ph.D...
's 'A Second Media Age'." Arena journal 5 (1995): 33-49. - Wise, Christopher. Rev. of A History of ChristianityChristianityChristianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
in AfricaAfricaAfrica is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, by Elizabeth Isichei. Christianity and Literature 45 (1995): 137-138. - Wise, Christopher. "Nyama and Heka: African Concepts of the Word." Comparative Literature Studies 43 (2006): 19-38.
- Wise, Christopher. "Zionism Without Zionism: The Jacqueline Rose-Edward SaidEdward SaidEdward Wadie Saïd was a Palestinian-American literary theorist and advocate for Palestinian rights. He was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and a founding figure in postcolonialism...
Exchange," Arena journal 28 (2007): 119-131. - Wise, Christopher. "The Enduring Legacy of Edward Said," Postcolonial Studies, Vol. 12, No. 1 (2009): 137-142.
- Wise, Christopher. "Vive la France!" The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, August 28–3 September 2003, Vol. 14, No. 9: 7.
- Wise, Christopher. "Honor Killing and Representation," The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, 2–8 July 2003, Vol. 14, No. 1: 12.
- Wise, Christopher. "Mr. Bush's Roadmap to Failure," The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, 8–14 May 2003, Vol. 13, No. 45: 4.
- Wise, Christopher. "Civilize Them With A Stick," The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, 24–30 April 2003, Vol. 13, No. 43: 4.
- Wise, Christopher. "The Power of the Powerless," The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, 17–23 April 2003, Vol. 13, No. 42:4.
- Wise, Christopher. "The Other War, Far From the Bullets," The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, 10–16 April 2003, Vol. 13, No. 41:4.
- Wise, Christopher. "The Red Indians of Iraq." The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, 3–9 April 2003, Vol. 13, No. 40: 12.
- Wise, Christopher. "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, 30 March - 2 April, Vol. 13, N0. 39:4.
- Wise, Christopher. "Mr. Bush Writes 'The Rest' of History," The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, Vol. 13, No. 36: 4 & 6.
- Wise, Christopher. "This War Sucks, Mr. Friedman," The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, 6–12 March 2003, Vol. 13, No. 35: 4.
- Wise, Christopher. "An End to American Realpolitik?" The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, 11–19 February 2003, Vol. 13, No. 32: 4.
- Wise, Christopher. "Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel," The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, 30 January - 5 February, Vol. 13, No. 30: 11.
- Wise, Christopher. "Loyalty to his own 'tribe,'" The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, 23–29 January 2003, Vol. 13, No. 29: 7.
- Wise, Christopher. "The Myth of Israeli Democracy," The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, 16–22 January 2003, Vol. 13, No. 28: 4.
- Wise, Christopher. "The Image of Ma'an in U.S. Media," The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, 23 November - 4 December, Vol. 13, No. 21:4.
- Wise, Christopher. "A Lesson in Oriental Journalism," The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, 7–13 November 2002, Vol. 13, No. 18: 4.
- Wise, Christopher. "Race Politics and U.S. Foreign Policy," The Star: Jordan's Political, Economic, and Cultural Weekly. Amman, Jordan, 24–30 October 2002, Vol. 13, No.16: 4 &8.
- Wise, Christopher. "Ben Laden, Bush -- Shared Rage and Thirst For Vengeance," The Jordan Times, Friday-Saturday, October 12–13, 2001: 5.
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- The Writings of El Hadj Sekou Tall
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