On the Postcolony
Achille Mbembe is one of the most brilliant theorists of postcolonial studies writing today. In On the Postcolony he profoundly renews our understanding of power and subjectivity in Africa. In a series of provocative essays, Mbembe contests diehard Africanist and nativist perspectives as well as some of the key assumptions of postcolonial theory
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9780520917538, 9780585389363, 9780520204348, 9780520204355, 9781597347839, 9786613520234, 9781280080180, 0520917537, 0585389365, 0520204344, 0520204352, 1597347833, 6613520233, 1280080183
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Cover; Contents; Introduction: Time on the Move; 1. Of Commandement; 2. On Private Indirect Government; 3. The Aesthetics of Vulgarity; 4. The Thing and Its Doubles; 5. Out of the World; 6. God's Phallus; Conclusion: The Final Manner; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
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