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The disorder of things : a Foucauldian approach to the work of Nuruddin Farah /
Offering a reading of the Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah through the prism of the French philosopher Michel Foucault, this book argues that the preoccupations that have remained central throughout Farah's 40 year career-including political autocracy, border conflicts, international aid and deve...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Johannesburg, South Africa :
Wits University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Offering a reading of the Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah through the prism of the French philosopher Michel Foucault, this book argues that the preoccupations that have remained central throughout Farah's 40 year career-including political autocracy, border conflicts, international aid and development, civil war, transnational migration, and the Horn of Africa's place in a so-called "axis of evil"--Can be mapped onto some key concerns in Foucault's writing. Farah's writing calls for a more refined, substantial reading of the world's current geo-political situation and as such, it both warrants |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1868145875 9781868145874 9781868148431 1868148432 |