The Postcolonial Challenge: Towards Alternative WorldsSAGE, 24.01.2006 - 224 Seiten An outstanding contribution to our understanding of postcolonial theory and its engagement with significant changes within the contemporary world. Couze Venn forces us to rethink the very parameters of the post-colonial and suggests a new political economy for post-modern times. This critical engagement opens up the possibility to reimagine the world from its current narrow European strictures to a world full of alternative possibilities and modernities... This is a timely and ground breaking book that contributes to a much needed reconceptualisation of the postcolony. - Professor Pal Ahluwalia, Goldsmiths, University of London What is postcolonial studies? What are its achievements, strengths and weaknesses? This ground breaking book offers an essential guide to one of the most important issues of our time, with special emphasis on neo-liberalism within world poverty and the ′third world′. It clarifies:
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Towards Alternative Worlds Couze Venn. Theory, Culture & Society Theory, Culture & Society caters for the resurgence of interest in culture within contemporary social science and the humanities. Building on the ... Venn Publications London.
Towards Alternative Worlds Couze Venn. Theory, Culture & Society Theory, Culture & Society caters for the resurgence of interest in culture within contemporary social science and the humanities. Building on the ... Venn Publications London.
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Towards Alternative Worlds Couze Venn. The Postcolonial Challenge Towards Alternative Worlds Couze Venn Publications London • Thousand Oaks • New Delhi © Couze Venn 2006 First published 2006 Published in association.
Towards Alternative Worlds Couze Venn. The Postcolonial Challenge Towards Alternative Worlds Couze Venn Publications London • Thousand Oaks • New Delhi © Couze Venn 2006 First published 2006 Published in association.
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Towards Alternative Worlds Couze Venn. © Couze Venn 2006 First published 2006 Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society, Nottingham Trent University Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study ...
Towards Alternative Worlds Couze Venn. © Couze Venn 2006 First published 2006 Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society, Nottingham Trent University Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study ...
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... (Venn, 2000), as the model of social advancement. Postcolonial critique therefore continues and seeks to complete the work of decolonization. It develops an oppositional analytical standpoint that targets the conditions, the narratives ...
... (Venn, 2000), as the model of social advancement. Postcolonial critique therefore continues and seeks to complete the work of decolonization. It develops an oppositional analytical standpoint that targets the conditions, the narratives ...
Inhalt
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Question of identity and agency | 77 |
Towards a postcolonial political economy | 122 |
Glossary | 175 |
Bibliography | 198 |
Index | 211 |
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