Bulletin n. 3/2006 | ||
December 2006 | ||
Mbembe Achille |
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Qu'est-ce que la pensée postcoloniale? (Entretien) | ||
in Esprit , n. 330, décembre 2006 , 2006 , 117-133 | ||
What is post-colonial thinking? An interview with Achille Mbembe The faults in Europe’s universalism, especially when confronting its colonial history, have nurtured a variety of critical perspectives in the West. Why does the “post-colonial” way of thinking look so original? It grew up as a transnational, eclectic vein from the very start, enabling it to combine the anti-imperialist tradition, the fledgling ‘subaltern studies’ and a specific take on globalization. | ||