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UNINA9910449974303321 |
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Autore |
Venn Couze |
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Titolo |
Occidentalism [[electronic resource] ] : modernity and subjectivity / / Couze Venn |
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ISBN |
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0-7619-5412-0 |
1-280-36941-8 |
9786610369416 |
1-4129-3372-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Collana |
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Theory, culture & society |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Postmodernism |
Postcolonialism |
Civilization, Western |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-248) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Remembering Modernity; Chapter 2 - Historicity, Responsibility, Subjectivity; Chapter 3 - On the Emergence of Modernity and the Birth of the Subject; Chapter 4 - Enlightenment and After; Chapter 5 - Heteronomy, Alterity, Embodiment: On Becoming Otherwise; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is an account of occidentalism and how it relates to post-colonial critiques of 'the West'. It investigates the 'becoming modern' of the world and proposes the question that postmodernity is inseparable from that of postcolonialism. |
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