The end of the West and other cautionary tales /

"The End of the West is an interdisciplinary work that broaches the problem of Western ethnocentrism in contemporary social and political theory. More specifically, this book critically addresses what has recently been called the 'end' of the West in many contemporary public discourse...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meighoo, Sean (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Temas:
Civilization, Western.
Civilization, Western > Philosophy.
Ethnocentrism.
Postcolonialism > Philosophy.
Continental philosophy.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Philosophy > History.
Intellectual life > History.
Teleology.
East and West.
Civilisation occidentale.
Civilisation occidentale > Philosophie.
Ethnocentrisme.
Postcolonialisme > Philosophie.
Philosophie continentale.
Culture > Étude et enseignement.
Philosophie > Histoire.
Finalité.
ethnocentrism.
HISTORY > World.
Civilization, Western
Civilization, Western > Philosophy
Continental philosophy
Culture > Study and teaching
East and West
Ethnocentrism
Intellectual life
Philosophy
Teleology
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: The End of the West
  • 1. The Black Athena Debate
  • Bernal and His Critics
  • Deconstructing "Roots"
  • Part II: From Teleology to Negative Teleology
  • 2. The Phenomenological Turn
  • Husserl and the Spiritual Shape of Europe
  • Heidegger and the Opening
  • 3. The Ethical Turn
  • Levinas and Orientation
  • Derrida and "Globalatinization"
  • Part III: From Continental Philosophy to Postcolonial Theory
  • 4. The Critique of Representation
  • Said and Orientalism
  • Mohanty and Western Feminism
  • 5. The Defense of Difference
  • Bhabha and the Third Space
  • Trinh and the Third World Woman
  • Part IV: The Limits of Antiethnocentrism
  • 6. The Beatles in India
  • Help!
  • Hyperbolic Representation.

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