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Dabashi Hamid <1951-> |
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Can non-Europeans think? / / Hamid Dabashi ; with a foreword by Walter Mignolo |
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London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015 |
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[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021 |
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ISBN |
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1-78360-422-0 |
1-78360-419-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (346 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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East and West |
Orientalism |
Postcolonialism |
Muslims - Social conditions - 21st century |
Intellectual life |
Racism |
Philosophy |
Electronic books. |
Europe Civilization Oriental influences |
Asia Civilization European influences |
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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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword : Yes we can / Walter Mignolo -- Introduction : Can Europeans read? -- Can non-Europeans think? -- The moment of myth : Edward Said, 1935-2003 -- The Middle East is changed forever -- The war between the civilized man and the savage -- Postcolonial defiance or Still the other -- Conclusion : the continued regime of knowledge. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What happens to thinkers who operate outside the European philosophical pedigree? In this powerfully honed polemic, Hamid Dabashi argues that they are invariably marginalised, patronised and misrepresented. Challenging, pugnacious and stylish, Can Non-Europeans Think? forges a new perspective in postcolonial theory by |
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examining how intellectual debate continues to reinforce a colonial regime of knowledge, albeit in a new guise. Based on years of scholarship and activism, this insightful collection of philosophical explorations is certain to unsettle and delight in equal measure.-- |
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