Nationality between poststructuralism and postcolonial theory : a new cosmopolitanism / Philip Leonard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leonard, Philip, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism--History--20th century.

Criticism.

History.

Nationalism in literature.

Physical Description:

vi, 198 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Summary:

This work examines the complex and contested intersection of poststructuralist and postcolonial theories in work by key theorists--Derrida, Deleuze and Guattari, Kristeva, Spivak, and Bhabha--and assesses the sometimes difficult relationship that they have with Marxism, feminism, and psychoanalysis. This book also shows how these theorists often challenge each others' conclusions about cultural power and don't, as some believe, collectively celebrate "the postnational." Central to these debates are the concepts of community, globalization, cosmopolitanism, Europe and European colonialism, modernity, and postcoloniality.

Contents:

Cosmopolitan locations

'Before, across and beyond' : Derrida, without national community

'New concepts for unknown lands' : Deluze & Guattari's non-nationalitarianisms

'Atopic and utopic' : Kristeva's strange cosmopolitanism

'In the shadow of shadows' : Spivak, misreading, the native informant

'To move through, and beyond, theory : Bhabha, hybridity, and agency.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-192) and index.

ISBN:

1403919127

OCLC:

60453590

Publisher Number:

9781403919120 (hbk.)