The postcolonial Orient : : the politics of difference and the project of provincialising Europe / / by Vasant Kaiwar.

In The Postcolonial Orient , Vasant Kaiwar presents a far-reaching analysis of the political, economic, and ideological cross-currents that have shaped and informed postcolonial studies preceding and following the 1989 moment of world history. The valences of the ‘post’ in postcolonialism are unfold...

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Superior document:Historical Materialism Book Series, Volum e68
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Historical materialism book series ; Volume 68.
Physical Description:1 online resource (435 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Situating Postcolonial Studies
  • 3 Colonialism, Modernity, Postcolonialism
  • 4 Provincialising Europe or Exoticising India? Towards a Historical and Categorial Critique of Postcolonial Studies
  • 5 Uses and Abuses of Marx
  • 6 The Postcolonial Orient
  • References
  • Index.