Occidentalism

Modernity and Subjectivity
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-7619-5411-8
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 535 g

Reihe: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society

This important book critically addresses the `becoming West' of Europe and investigates the `becoming Modern' of the world. Drawing on the work of Derrida, Foucault, Levinas, Lyotard, Merleau-Ponty and Ricoeur, the book proposes that the question of postmodernity is inseparable from that of post-coloniality. The argument fully conveys the sense that modernity is in crisis. It maps out a new genealogy of the birth of the modern and suggests a new way of grounding the idea of an emancipation of being. Postcolonialism has emerged as a central topic in contemporary social science and cultural studies. This book informs readers as to the central strands of the debate and introduces a host of new ideas which will be a rich fund for other writers and researchers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Venn, Couze

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Remembering Modernity
Historicity, Responsibility, Subjectivity
On the Emergence of Modernity and the Birth of the Subject
Enlightenment and After
Heteronomy, Alterity, Embodiment
On Becoming Otherwise