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Postcolonialism offerschallengingand provocative ways of thinking about colonial andneocolonialpower, about self and other, and about the discoursesthatperpetuate postcolonial inequality and violence much oftheseminal work in postcolonialism has been shaped by currentsinphilosophy, notably marxism and ethicsunderstandingpostcolonialism examines the philosophy ofpostcolonialism in orderto reveal the often conflicting systems ofthought which underpinit in so doing, the book presents areappraisal of the majorpostcolonial thinkers of the twentiethcentury ranging beyond the narrowselectionof theorists to which the field is often restricted, thebookexplores the work of fanon and sartre, gandhi, nandy, andthesubaltern studies group, foucault and said, derrida andbhabha,khatibi and glissant, and spivak, mbembe and mudimbe aclear andaccessible introduction to the subject,understandingpostcolonialism reveals how, almost half a centuryafterdecolonization, the complex relation between politics andethicscontinues to shape postcolonial thought about the author jane hiddleston is lecturer in french attheuniversity of oxford and fellow of exeter college, oxford
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Jane Hiddleston is Lecturer in French at University of Oxford and Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.
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"Essential reading for all scholars and students in the postcolonial field. A concise and timely introduction to the philosophical underpinnings of anti-colonial and postcolonial criticism and a significant intervention in the field." - Charles Forsdick, University of Liverpool "A fresh and lucid presentation of major strands in postcolonial thought from Gandhi onward, including a clear presentation for the non-expert of the poststructuralist philosophical background necessary for understanding current debates." - Lynda Lange, University of Toronto"
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- PublisherRawat
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 8131604829
- ISBN 13 9788131604823
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages208
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