Conversations in postcolonial thought

Conversations in postcolonial thought

by Sian, Katy P.

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"Based on original material, this book offers a series of 12 conversational interviews with a diverse set of postcolonial thinkers from across the globe in the social sciences and humanities. Using a biographical approach to map out life histories, uniquely this book not only examines the key ideas of the thinkers interviewed, but it also invites readers to share their personal journeys to help one understand the experiences that led to their work within the field. The selection of thinkers inc…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Conversations in postcolonial thought / edited by Katy P. Sian.

Summary

"Based on original material, this book offers a series of 12 conversational interviews with a diverse set of postcolonial thinkers from across the globe in the social sciences and humanities. Using a biographical approach to map out life histories, uniquely this book not only examines the key ideas of the thinkers interviewed, but it also invites readers to share their personal journeys to help one understand the experiences that led to their work within the field. The selection of thinkers included within this text is done so not with the aim to offer an encyclopedic index, but rather, to show how postcolonial thought as a broader concern can been found across a range of disciplines"--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.
  • Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

  • Description:218 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781137465658, 1137465654, 9781137463562, 1137463562
  • oclc:ocn884299321
  • LC Classification:JV51
  • Dewey Decimal:306

Table of Contents

Introduction: The quest for the postcolonial -- 1. Sara Ahmed -- 2. David Theo Goldberg -- 3. Catherine Hall -- 4. Boaventura de Sousa Santos -- 5. Vron Ware -- 6. Ash Amin -- 7. Avtar Brah -- 8. Howard Winant -- 9. Heidi Mirza -- 10. S. Sayyid -- 11. Ronit Lentin -- 12. Paul Gilroy -- Conclusion: Postcolonial crossroads: between the devil and the deep blue sea.

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