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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Autor principal: Dabashi, Hamid, 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: London : Pluto Press 2019.
Acesso em linha:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvr0qtvb
Sumário:
  • 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