The Postcolonial Orient - The Politics of Difference and the Project of Provincialising Europe (Hardcover)

In The Postcolonial Orient, Vasant Kaiwar presents a far-reaching analysis of the political, economic, and ideological cross-currents that have shaped and informed postcolonial studies preceding and following the 1989 moment of world history. The valences of the 'post' in postcolonialism are unfolded via some key historical-political postcolonial texts showing, inter alia, that they are replete with elements of Romantic Orientalism and the Oriental Renaissance. Kaiwar mobilises a critical body of classical and contemporary Marxism to demonstrate that far richer understandings of 'Europe' not to mention 'colonialism', 'modernity' and 'difference' are possible than with a postcolonialism captive to phenomenological-existentialism and post-structuralism, concluding that a narrative so enriched is indispensable for a transformative non-Eurocentric internationalism.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Historical Materialism Book Series, 68
Release date:	May 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Vasant Kaiwar
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-23186-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Globalization Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence Promotions
LSN:	90-04-23186-2
Barcode:	9789004231863

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