| Author |
Dabashi, Hamid, 1951- author.
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| Publication |
London : Pluto Press, 2019.
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| Description |
216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Call # |
325.34 D |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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 barricade against the world. Frantz Fanon's assessment that "Europe is literally the creation of the Third World" is still true today; but in more than one sense for the colonial has always been embedded in the capital, and the capital within the colonial. As the condition of coloniality shifts, so have the dividing lines between coloniser and colonised, and this shift calls for a reappraisal of our understanding of nationalism, xenophobia and sectarianism as the dangerous indices of the emerging worlds. As the far-right populists captivate minds across Europe and Brexit upsets the balance of power in the European Union, this book, from a major scholar of postcolonial thought, is a timely and transformative intervention. |
| Contents |
Introduction: What's in a word: "Europe"? -- Europe: a mobile army of metaphors -- Europe, shadows, coloniality, empire -- Whence and wherefore "Europe"? -- Europe and its shadows -- The postcolonial paradox -- Europe: the indefinite jest -- Mapping beyond the postcolonial artworld -- Is peace possible? -- Conclusion: Wherefore should we stand in the plague of custom and permit? |
| Subject |
Postcolonialism -- Europe.
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Europe -- Colonies -- History.
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Imperialism -- Influence.
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Europe -- Historiography.
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Europe -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Europe -- Foreign relations.
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Refugees -- Europe -- History -- 21st century.
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Xenophobia.
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Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
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Historiography. (OCoLC)fst00958221
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Postcolonialism. (OCoLC)fst01073032
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Refugees. (OCoLC)fst01092797
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Xenophobia. (OCoLC)fst01182003
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Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064 |
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2000-2099 |
| Genre |
Informational works. (OCoLC)fst01919930
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Informational works.
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| Related To |
ebook version : 9781786803993 |
| ISBN |
9780745338415 hardcover |
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0745338410 hardcover |
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9780745338408 paperback : |
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0745338402 paperback |
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