Unthinking Mastery

Dehumanism and Decolonial Entanglements

AvJulietta Singh

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

Julietta Singh challenges the drive toward the mastery over self and others by showing how the forms of self-mastery advocated by anticolonial thinkers like Fanon and Gandhi unintentionally reproduced colonial logic, thereby leading her to argue for a more productive human subjectivity that is not centered on concepts of mastery.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-12-22
Mått:152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt:431 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Duke University Press
ISBN:9780822369226

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Filosofi inom Filosofi och religion
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Julietta Singh is Associate Professor of English at the University of Richmond.

Recensioner i media

"A deft intervention in several different fields, Unthinking Mastery powerfully examines the insidious ways that the legacies of colonialism have infiltrated critical conversations in affect, queer, and ecocritical studies." - Melinda Backer (ASAP/Journal) "Singh’s work stands out in its truly transdisciplinary approach and simultaneous mobilization of feminist, posthuman, and decolonial thought." - Justyna Poary-Wybranowska (Contemporary Women's Writing) "While the approach of Unthinking Mastery is clearly interdisciplinary, the author turns foremost to the field of comparative literature to unravel forms of systemic dehumanizing violence that become obvious in forms of embodiment and language/narration. ... Her engagement not only touches on feminist and queer theories but also provides a powerful interconnection between environmental and postcolonial studies." - Monika Jaeckel (Anthropocenes)

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments viiIntroduction. Reading against Mastery 11. Decolonizing Mastery 292. The Language of Mastery 653. Posthumanitarian Fictions 954. Humanimal Dispossessions 1215. Cultivating Discomfort 149Coda. Surviving Mastery 171Notes 177References 187Index 197