Restating Orientalism: A Critique of Modern Knowledge
Wael B. Hallaq takes critique of Orientalism as a point of departure for rethinking the modern project. A remarkably ambitious attempt to overturn the foundations of a wide range of academic disciplines, Restating Orientalism exposes the depth of academia's lethal complicity in modern forms of...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Columbia University Press
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
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| Parallel Edition: | Print version: Hallaq, Wael: Restating Orientalism : A Critique of Modern Knowledge. - New York : Columbia University Press,c2018 |
| Summary: | Wael B. Hallaq takes critique of Orientalism as a point of departure for rethinking the modern project. A remarkably ambitious attempt to overturn the foundations of a wide range of academic disciplines, Restating Orientalism exposes the depth of academia's lethal complicity in modern forms of capitalism, colonialism, and hegemonic power Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Putting Orientalism in Its Place -- 2. Knowledge, Power, and Colonial Sovereignty -- 3. The Subversive Author -- 4. Epistemic Sovereignty and Structural Genocide -- 5. Refashioning Orientalism, Refashioning the Subject -- Notes -- Index |
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| ISBN: | 0231547382 |