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 | | Occidentalism: Modernity and Subjectivity (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society) by Couze Venn ISBN-10: 9780761954118 ISBN-10: 0-7619-5411-2 ISBN-13: 9780761954118 ISBN-13: 978-0-7619-5411-8 Hardcover 2001-03-08 Sage Publications Ltd Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description 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. | ||
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The Work of Collective Grief Philosopher Venn takes on postmodern culture and reveals its postcolonial underbelly. While drawing from many philosophers--Derrida, Foucault, Levinas, Lyotard, Merleau-Ponty, and Ricoeur--his well-written work brings great compassion to bear on what I think can only be called the complicated grief which has been born of postmodernism. He asks the reader to remember; to work through the still present historic suffering; to keep accounts; and urges that we come to terms with Occidentalism--work that cannot be done within the terms of postmodern culture. | ||