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Out of Africa : post-structuralism's colonial roots /

Ahluwalia makes a convincing and controversial case that post-structuralism has colonial and postcolonial roots. This wide-ranging discussion, ranging across authors such as Fanon, Foucault, Derrida, Althusser, Cixous, Bourdieu and Lyotard, enables the reader to make connections that have remained u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahluwalia, D. P. S. (D. Pal S.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon, England ; New York : Routledge, [2010]
Series:Postcolonial politics.
Subjects:
Poststructuralism > Africa > Philosophy.
Structuralism > Africa > Philosophy.
Structuralism > Algeria > Philosophy.
French > Algeria > History.
Algeria > Colonization.
France > Colonies > Africa.
Poststrukturalismus.
Philosophie.
Strukturalismus.
Algerien.
Afrika.
Frankreich.
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Summary:Ahluwalia makes a convincing and controversial case that post-structuralism has colonial and postcolonial roots. This wide-ranging discussion, ranging across authors such as Fanon, Foucault, Derrida, Althusser, Cixous, Bourdieu and Lyotard, enables the reader to make connections that have remained unnoticed or been neglected.
Physical Description:xi, 192 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780415570695
0415570697
9780415570701
0415570700
9780203858103
0203858107