The other Enlightenment : self-estrangement, race, and gender /

This post-colonial and feminist reading of the Enlightenment explores the proto-postmodernist practice of examining one's conclusions through the eyes of the Other. Self-estrangement to gain critical distance from one's taken-for-granted assumptions was central to the Enlightenment and rem...

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Main Author: Sharpe, Matthew, 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023].
Series:Off the fence (Rowman & Littlefield International)
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Summary:This post-colonial and feminist reading of the Enlightenment explores the proto-postmodernist practice of examining one's conclusions through the eyes of the Other. Self-estrangement to gain critical distance from one's taken-for-granted assumptions was central to the Enlightenment and remains vital for critical sociopolitical thinking today.
Physical Description:xi, 181 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781538160213
1538160218