02838nam 2200613Ia 450 991080827050332120200520144314.01-350-22309-31-283-54910-797866138615591-78032-387-510.5040/9781350223097(CKB)2560000000090458(SSID)ssj0000737221(PQKBManifestationID)12330521(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000737221(PQKBWorkID)10783875(PQKB)11535705(MiAaPQ)EBC992939(Au-PeEL)EBL992939(CaPaEBR)ebr10594414(CaONFJC)MIL386155(OCoLC)809769256(CaBNVSL)9781350223097(EXLCZ)99256000000009045820120731d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEnd of conceit Western rationality after postcolonialismLondon Zed Books2012ix, 369 pBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-84813-557-2 1-84813-558-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Civilization, Western21st centurySociologyWestern countriesForeign relationsCivilization, WesternSociology.327.091821Chabal Patrick243091MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808270503321End of conceit4014608UNINA