基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2010. This is a sustained piece of theorisation about the postcolonial to rival Peter Hallward’s Absolutely Postcolonial. Postcolonial Agency provides a significantly new understanding of the processes of social transformation faced
by many societies as they struggle with the aftermath of empire.
Full Description
Theoretically sophisticated and meticulously situated at the fraught scene of reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples in contemporary Australia, Postcolonial Agency is an inspiring manifesto for non-imperial mutuality. Bignall's advocacy of an ethics of joy opens up a new direction for postcolonial studies. Professor Leela Ghandi, Department of English, University of Chicago A sustained piece of theorisation about the postcolonial to rival Peter Hallward's 'Absolutely Postcolonial'. Simone Bignall argues that a non-imperial concept of ethical and political agency and a materialist philosophy of transformation are embedded within a minor tradition of Western philosophy. Postcolonial Agency provides a significantly new understanding of the processes of social transformation faced by many societies as they struggle with the aftermath of empire. It also offers a valuable new way of conceptualising practices of postcolonial sociability. It will be of interest to students and researchers in political and postcolonial studies, cultural studies, critical theory and Continental philosophy.
Contents
Introduction; I:Critique; 1. The Problem of the Negative; 2. Postcolonial Appropriations;3. The Problem of the Actual; II:Constructivism; 4.Power/Desire; 5.Subjectivity; 6.What is 'Postcolonial'?; Conclusion: Postcolonial Agency; Bibliography; Index.
