Publication

2017 - BRILL

Language

English

Word Count

94,000 words, Guess

Page Count

376 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789004335035
  • ISBN-10900433503X
  • OCLC Control Number978674228
  • Better World Books9789004335035
  • Open LibraryOL38031315M

Classifications

  • LCCPN56.P555G472 2014
  • LCCPN56.P555 G472 2014

Description

Postcolonial Justice' addresses a major issue in current postcolonial theory and beyond, namely, the question of how to reconcile an ethics grounded in the reciprocal acknowledgment of diversity and difference with the normative, if not universal thrust that appears to energize any notion of justice. The concept of postcolonial justice shared by the essays in this volume carries an unwavering commitment to difference within and beyond Europe, while equally rejecting radical cultural essentialisms, which refuse to engage in "utopian ideals" of convivial exchange across a plurality of subject positions. Such utopian ideals can no longer claim universal validity, as in the tradition of the European enlightenment; instead they are bound to local frames of speaking from which they project world.

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