It is nearly an axiom of contemporary thought that we live in a shrinking world, in a world of unprecedented transnational exchanges, the global movement of peoples, flows of goods and ideas, and so on. The world has never seemed smaller, some commentators argue, and clichés about the present situation abound, among them the idea [...]
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*The Politics of Culture and Knowledge after Postcolonialism: Nine Theses (and a Prologue)
Posted in American Society and Culture, Globalization and Cultural Politics, The Politics of Culture, tagged Edward Said, French academy vs American academy, French exceptionalism, French Law of 2005 on colonialism, Orientalism (1978), postcolonial fatigue, postcolonial scholars, postcolonial studies, postcolonialism, postcolonialism and the public sphere, Subaltern Studies, universalisms on November 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Postcolonial theory, it has been argued, has run its course. This is the premise of a meeting held recently in Berlin. Some scholars have underscored the importance of poststructural thinkers in the shaping of postcolonial theory; others point, in particular, to the publication of Said’s Orientalism (1978) as the foundational movement of postcolonial studies; and [...]
