Chakrabarty, Dipesh
Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference (Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780691130019
- author:
- Chakrabarty, Dipesh
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2007
- Pages:
- 336
- Dimensions:
- 15.75 x 2.54 x 22.86 centimetres
- Genre:
- Anthropology
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Dipesh Chakrabarty's Provincializing Europe challenges the notion of Europe as the original site of modernity, arguing that this idea is built into the social sciences. The book proposes that every case of capitalist transition is a case of translation, where existing worlds and thought categories are adapted into the categories of capitalist modernity. This revised edition features a new preface in which Chakrabarty responds to his critics, offering a fresh perspective on how European thought can be globalized and renewed. By exploring the margins of European thought, Chakrabarty seeks to broaden our understanding of the complex relationships between different cultures and historical contexts. Through its exploration of the intersections between history, culture, and power, Provincializing Europe offers a nuanced analysis of the ways in which modernity is constructed and experienced.
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