A Critique of Postcolonial Reason: Toward a History of the Vanishing Present
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (517 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674177649 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Throughout, the notion of a Third World interloper as the pure victim of a colonialist oppressor emerges as sharply suspect: the mud we sling at certain seemingly overbearing ancestors such as Marx and Kant may be the very ground we stand on.A major critical work, Spivak's book redefines and repositions the postcolonial critic, leading her through transnational cultural studies into considerations of globality.. It ranges from Kant's analytic of the sublime to child labor in Bangladesh. Are the "culture wars" over? When did they begin? What is their relationship to gender struggle and the dynamics of class? In her first full treatment of postcolonial studies, a field that she helped defi
"if you are interested on postcolonialism, is a must" according to teresa. if you are interested on postcolonialism, is a must. The reader should be familiarized with XIXth phlosophy and literature, otherwise, is hard to follows. Five Stars Maria I love the book. Five Stars great book intense but a good and educational read.:)
From Library Journal In recent years, a growing body of literary and historical scholarship has explored the complex relationship of Western elite culture to the postcolonial societies of the Southern hemisphere. Recommended for university libraries.AKent Worcester, Marymount Manhattan Coll., New York Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. . Readers unfamiliar with recent trends in literary studies may find Spivak's deliberately elusive prose impenetrable. Overall, she seeks to distance herself from mainstream postcolonial literature and to reassert the value of earlier theorists such as Kant and Marx. This book is based on a number of her published essays, including the influential 1988 article "Can the Subaltern Speak?" Spivak focuses on the relationship of debates in philosophy, history, and