Europe and Its Shadows: Coloniality after Empire
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For centuries, Europe has imagined itself as the center of the universe, although its precise geographical, cultural, and social terrains demand some mapping. Exploring the fear and fascination associated with the continent, Hamid Dabashi considers Europe as a historically formed barricade against the world.
As Dabashi shows, Frantz Fanon's argument that "Europe is literally the creation of the Third World" remains true today: the colonial has always been embedded in the capital, and the capital within the colonial. And as the condition of coloniality shifts, Dabashi reveals, so have the dividing lines between colonizer and colonized, and this shift requires a reappraisal of our understanding of nationalism, xenophobia, and sectarianism as markers of emerging worlds. As 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 necessary intervention.
As Dabashi shows, Frantz Fanon's argument that "Europe is literally the creation of the Third World" remains true today: the colonial has always been embedded in the capital, and the capital within the colonial. And as the condition of coloniality shifts, Dabashi reveals, so have the dividing lines between colonizer and colonized, and this shift requires a reappraisal of our understanding of nationalism, xenophobia, and sectarianism as markers of emerging worlds. As 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 necessary intervention.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0745338402
ISBN13:9780745338408
Release Date:October 2019
Publisher:Pluto Press (UK)
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"
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