The Resource On the postcolony, Achille Mbembe
On the postcolony, Achille Mbembe
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- Summary
- "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. This thought-provoking and groundbreaking collection of essays-his first book to be published in English-develops and extends debates first ignited by his well-known 1992 article "Provisional Notes on the Postcolony," in which he developed his notion of the "banality of power" in contemporary Africa. Mbembe reinterprets the meanings of death, utopia, and the divine libido as part of the new theoretical perspectives he offers on the constitution of power. He works with the complex registers of bodily subjectivity - violence, wonder, and laughter - to profoundly contest categories of oppression and resistance, autonomy and subjection, and state and civil society that marked the social theory of the late twentieth century. This provocative book will surely attract attention with its signal contribution to the rich interdisciplinary arena of scholarship on colonial and postcolonial discourse, history, anthropology, philosophy, political science, psychoanalysis, and literary criticism." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal041/00062854.html
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- 274 pages
- Note
- Original title: Notes provisoires sur la postcolonie
- Contents
-
- 3.
- Aesthetics of Vulgarity
- 102
- 4.
- Thing and Its Doubles
- 142
- 5.
- Out of the World
- 173
- 6.
- Introduction: Time on the Move
- God's Phallus
- 212
- Conclusion: The Final Manner
- 235
- 1
- 1.
- Of Commandement
- 24
- 2.
- On Private Indirect Government
- 66
- Isbn
- 9780520204348
- Label
- On the postcolony
- Title
- On the postcolony
- Statement of responsibility
- Achille Mbembe
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- "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. This thought-provoking and groundbreaking collection of essays-his first book to be published in English-develops and extends debates first ignited by his well-known 1992 article "Provisional Notes on the Postcolony," in which he developed his notion of the "banality of power" in contemporary Africa. Mbembe reinterprets the meanings of death, utopia, and the divine libido as part of the new theoretical perspectives he offers on the constitution of power. He works with the complex registers of bodily subjectivity - violence, wonder, and laughter - to profoundly contest categories of oppression and resistance, autonomy and subjection, and state and civil society that marked the social theory of the late twentieth century. This provocative book will surely attract attention with its signal contribution to the rich interdisciplinary arena of scholarship on colonial and postcolonial discourse, history, anthropology, philosophy, political science, psychoanalysis, and literary criticism." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal041/00062854.html
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mbembe, Achille
- Dewey number
- 302.3/096
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HN780.Z9
- LC item number
- P66413 2001
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Studies on the history of society and culture
- Series volume
- 41
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Power (Social sciences)
- Postcolonialism
- Subjectivity
- Label
- On the postcolony, Achille Mbembe
- Note
- Original title: Notes provisoires sur la postcolonie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-269) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 3.
- Aesthetics of Vulgarity
- 102
- 4.
- Thing and Its Doubles
- 142
- 5.
- Out of the World
- 173
- 6.
- Introduction: Time on the Move
- God's Phallus
- 212
- Conclusion: The Final Manner
- 235
- 1
- 1.
- Of Commandement
- 24
- 2.
- On Private Indirect Government
- 66
- Control code
- 44979767
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 274 pages
- Isbn
- 9780520204348
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 00062854
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- On the postcolony, Achille Mbembe
- Note
- Original title: Notes provisoires sur la postcolonie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-269) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 3.
- Aesthetics of Vulgarity
- 102
- 4.
- Thing and Its Doubles
- 142
- 5.
- Out of the World
- 173
- 6.
- Introduction: Time on the Move
- God's Phallus
- 212
- Conclusion: The Final Manner
- 235
- 1
- 1.
- Of Commandement
- 24
- 2.
- On Private Indirect Government
- 66
- Control code
- 44979767
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 274 pages
- Isbn
- 9780520204348
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 00062854
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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