Occidentalism
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A01=Couze Venn
Author_Couze Venn
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Cultural Theory
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Social Theory
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- ISBN 9780761954118
- Weight: 550g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Dec 2000
- Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This important book critically addresses the `becoming West′ of Europe and investigates the `becoming Modern′ of the world. Drawing on the work of Derrida, Foucault, Levinas, Lyotard, Merleau-Ponty and Ricoeur, the book proposes that the question of postmodernity is inseparable from that of post-coloniality. The argument fully conveys the sense that modernity is in crisis. It maps out a new genealogy of the birth of the modern and suggests a new way of grounding the idea of an emancipation of being.
Postcolonialism has emerged as a central topic in contemporary social science and cultural studies. This book informs readers as to the central strands of the debate and introduces a host of new ideas which will be a rich fund for other writers and researchers.
Couze Venn is Reader in Cultural Studies at the 'Theory, Culture and Society Centre', Nottingham Trent University
