Out of Africa : post-structuralism's colonial roots / / Pal Ahluwalia

• Autore: Ahluwalia D. P. S (D. Pal S.)
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon, England ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
• Disciplina: 146/.960965
• Soggetto topico: Poststructuralism - Africa - Philosophy; Structuralism - Africa - Philosophy; Structuralism - Algeria - Philosophy; French - Algeria - History
• Soggetto geografico: Algeria Colonization; France Colonies Africa
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Algeria and colonisation; Chapter 3 Sartre, Camus and Fanon; Chapter 4 Derrida; Chapter 5 Cixous; Chapter 6 Althusser, Bourdieu, Foucault and Lyotard; Chapter 7 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: At the heart of this book is the argument that the fact that so many post-structuralist French intellectuals have a strong 'colonial' connection, usually with Algeria, cannot be a coincidence. The 'biographical' fact that so many French intellectuals were born in or otherwise connected with French Algeria has often been noted, but it has never been theorised. Ahluwalia makes a convincing case that post-structuralism in fact has colonial and postcolonial roots. This is an important argument, and one that 'connects' two theoretical currents that continue to be of great interest, post-structur
• Titolo autorizzato: Out of Africa
• ISBN: 1-135-16178-X; 1-135-16179-8; 1-282-59014-6; 9786612590146; 0-203-85810-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811848003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Postcolonial Politics