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Postcolonial Agency: Critique and Constructivism
Contributor(s): Bignall, Simone (Author)

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 ISBN: 0748643834     ISBN-13: 9780748643837
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
OUR PRICE: $36.05  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2011
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Aesthetics
- Philosophy | Movements - Deconstruction
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
Dewey: 111.85
Age Level: 22-UP
Grade Level: 17-UP
Series: Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9" L (0.95 lbs) 272 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
Theoretically sophisticated and meticulously situated at the fraught scene of reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples in contemporary Australia, Postcolonial Agency is an inspiring manifesto for non-imperial mutuality. Bignall's advocacy of an ethics of joy opens up a new direction for postcolonial studies.Professor Leela Ghandi, Department of English, University of ChicagoA sustained piece of theorisation about the postcolonial to rival Peter Hallward's 'Absolutely Postcolonial'.Simone Bignall argues that a non-imperial concept of ethical and political agency and a materialist philosophy of transformation are embedded within a minor tradition of Western philosophy. Postcolonial Agency provides a significantly new understanding of the processes of social transformation faced by many societies as they struggle with the aftermath of empire. It also offers a valuable new way of conceptualising practices of postcolonial sociability. It will be of interest to students and researchers in political and postcolonial studies, cultural studies, critical theory and Continental philosophy.
 
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