Honest analysis may have to unsettle a scholar’s own deepest values

Evidence

In short, it has compelled me to leave open the possibility that my analysis may come to complicate the vision of human fl that I hold most dear, and which has provided the bedrock of my personal existence. — Saba Mahmood, Politics of Piety, 28

Categorization

• XREF: Reiterates the posture Spivak credits to deconstruction — the critic must risk her own most cherished positions. — connects to: Scholarly work is never neutral but can still stay open to contrary evidence