One narrative of colonialism insists that, however adverse the consequences of colonialism for the peoples of the Americas, Asia, Africa, Latin America, Polynesia, and so on, it opened up these worlds to the modern West and its scientific, technological, intellectual and political advancements. This argument has seen an extraordinary resurgence over the last two decades, [...]
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*Thesis Six: In incommensurability is the promise of more democratic futures
Posted in Globalization and Cultural Politics, Mohandas Gandhi, Politics of Knowledge Systems, Postcolonial Thought, The Politics of Culture, tagged Ayurveda, Borges and Falkland Islands, contacts between global South & global North, defenders of colonialism, Foucault and Gandhi on sex, Foucault's History of Sexuality, genocide in Australia and Americas, good and bad imperialisms, Gordon Brown's visit to East Africa, local knowledges, loss of autonomy, medical systems, political and intellectual incommensurability on March 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
