Europe and its shadows : coloniality after empire /

Europe has long imagined itself as the centre of the universe, although its precise geographical, cultural and social terrains have always been amorphous. Exploring the fear and fascination associated with the continent as an allegory, Hamid Dabashi considers Europe to be a historically formed barri...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Dabashi, Hamid, 1951- (Auteur)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: London : Pluto Press 2019.
Accès en ligne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvr0qtvb
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: What's in a Word: ""Europe""?; 1. Europe: A Mobile Army of Metaphors; 2. Europe, Shadows, Coloniality, Empire; 3. Whence and Wherefore ""Europe""?; 4. Europe and its Shadows; 5. The Postcolonial Paradox; 6. Europe: The Indefinite Jest; 7. Mapping beyond the Postcolonial Artworld; 8. Is Peace Possible?; Conclusion; Notes; Index