Understanding postcolonialism / Jane Hiddleston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hiddleston, Jane.

Series:

Understanding movements in modern thought.

Understanding movements in modern thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism.

Decolonization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stocksfield : Acumen, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Postcolonialism offers challenging and provocative ways of thinking about colonial and neocolonial power, about self and other, and about the discourses that perpetuate postcolonial inequality and violence. Much of the seminal work in postcolonialism has been shaped by currents in philosophy, notably Marxism and ethics. Understanding Postcolonialism examines the philosophy of postcolonialism in order to reveal the often conflicting systems of thought which underpin it. In so doing, the book presents a reappraisal of the major postcolonial thinkers of the twentieth century. Ranging beyond the narrow selection of theorists to which the field is often restricted, the book explores the work of Fanon and Sartre, Gandhi, Nandy, and the Subaltern Studies Group, Foucault and Said, Derrida and Bhabha, Khatibi and Glissant, and Spivak, Mbembe and Mudimbe. A clear and accessible introduction to the subject, Understanding Postcolonialism reveals how, almost half a century after decolonisation, the complex relation between politics and ethics continues to shape postcolonial thought.

Contents:

Introduction

Fanon and Sartre: colonial Manichaeism and the call to arms

Decolonization, community, nationalism: Gandhi, Nandy and the Subaltern Studies Collective

Foucault and Said: colonial discourse and Orientalism

Derrida and Bhabha: self, other and postcolonial ethics

Khatibi and Glissant: postcolonial ethics and the return to place

Ethics with politics? Spivak, Mudimbe, Mbembe

Conclusion: neocolonialism and the future of the discipline.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-49261-7

1-317-49262-5

1-315-71166-4

1-283-45669-9

9786613456694

1-84465-428-1

9781315711669

OCLC:

898104090