Out of Africa: Post-Structuralism's Colonial Roots

by Pal Ahluwalia

Book Overview

In this book, Ahluwalia makes a convincing and controversial case that post-structuralism has colonial and postcolonial roots. This wide-ranging discussion, ranging across authors as different as Foucault, Derrida, Fanon, Althusser, Cixous, Bourdieu and Lyotard, enables the reader to make connections that have remained unnoticed or been neglected. It also brings back into view a history of struggles, both political and theoretical, that has shaped...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415570700
• ISBN13: 9780415570701
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"