Can non-Europeans think? / Hamid Dabashi ; with a foreword by Walter Mignolo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dabashi, Hamid, 1951- author.

Contributor:

Mignolo, Walter, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East and West.

Orientalism.

Postcolonialism.

Muslims--Social conditions--21st century.

Muslims.

Intellectual life.

Racism.

Europe--Civilization--Oriental influences.

Europe.

Asia--Civilization--European influences.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What happens to thinkers who operate outside the European philosophical pedigree? In this powerfully honed polemic, Hamid Dabashi argues that they are invariably marginalised, patronised and misrepresented. Challenging, pugnacious and stylish, Can Non-Europeans Think? forges a new perspective in postcolonial theory by examining how intellectual debate continues to reinforce a colonial regime of knowledge, albeit in a new guise. Based on years of scholarship and activism, this insightful collection of philosophical explorations is certain to unsettle and delight in equal measure.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword : Yes we can / Walter Mignolo

Introduction : Can Europeans read?

Can non-Europeans think?

The moment of myth : Edward Said, 1935-2003

The Middle East is changed forever

The war between the civilized man and the savage

Postcolonial defiance or Still the other

Conclusion : the continued regime of knowledge.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350354319

1350354317

9781350218840

1350218847

9781783604227

1783604220

9781783604197

1783604190

OCLC:

908389483