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From Orientalism to Postcolonialism: Asia, Europe and the Lineages of Difference book cover

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From Orientalism to Postcolonialism Asia, Europe and the Lineages of Difference

Edited By Sucheta Mazumdar, Vasant Kaiwar, Thierry Labica Copyright 2009
260 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge
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This book uses a historical and theoretical focus to examine the key of issues of the Enlightenment, Orientalism, concepts of identity and difference, and the contours of different modernities in relation to both local and global shaping forces, including the spread of capitalism. The contributors present eight in-depth studies and a substantial theoretical introduction, utilizing primary and... Read more

Part 1: Geographies of Otherness  1. Coordinates of Orientalism: Reflections on the Universal and the Particular Vasant Kaiwar, Sucheta Mazumdar  2. Locating China, Positioning America: Politics of the Civilizational Model of World History Sucheta Mazumdar  Part 2: Spectres of Revolution and the Orientalist Turn  3. The Domination Unthinkable: French Sociology of India in the Mirror of Max Weber Roland Lardinois  4. The Question of Orientalism in Pan-Islamic Thought: The Origins, Content and Legacy of Transnational Muslim Identities Cemil Aydin  5. Iranian Modernity in Global Perspective: Nationalist, Marxist, and Authenticity Discourses Afshin Matin-Asgari  6. Marxism(s), Revolution, and the Third World: Thoughts on the Experiences of Successive Generations in Europe and East Asia Pierre Rousset  Part 3: The Dialectic of Capital and Community-Authenticity  7. The Cultural Fix? Language, Work, and the Territories of Accumulation Thierry Madjid Labica  8. Hybrid and Alternative Modernities: a Critical Perspective on Postcolonial Studies and the Project of Provincializing Europe Vasant Kaiwar

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Sucheta Mazumdar, Vasant Kaiwar, Thierry Labica

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