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UNINA9910808270503321 |
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Autore |
Chabal Patrick |
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Titolo |
End of conceit : Western rationality after postcolonialism |
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London, : Zed Books, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-350-22309-3 |
1-283-54910-7 |
9786613861559 |
1-78032-387-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Civilization, Western - 21st century |
Sociology |
Western countries Foreign relations |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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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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About the author -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- West and non-West -- Western rationality and postcolonialism -- Rationality, theory and thinking -- ONE The problem -- At home -- Abroad -- TWO Identities -- Who are we? -- Who are the 'others'? -- Why is the West more 'advanced'? -- Why is the non-West a 'threat'? -- THREE Ideas -- Individual -- Society -- Freedom -- Faith -- Market -- Change -- FOUR Interpretations -- To think is to theorise -- To theorise is to explain -- To explain is to act -- To act is to think (again) -- EPILOGUE Three questions -- Secularism -- Human rights -- Sovereignty -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Zed Books. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this radical book, Patrick Chabal reveals how the future of the West is now inextricably linked to that of the non-West. He argues that the postcolonial challenge exposes the limitation of Western social thought to explain many pressing social and economic issues, domestic and global. The End of Conceit concludes that, ultimately, what the West needs is not more and better theory but an entirely new way of thinking - one that will put an end to its current deep-seated conceit. |
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