{"product_id":"can-noneuropeans-think-9781350354319","title":"Can NonEuropeans Think","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian professor of Iranian studies and comparative literature at Columbia University. Born in Iran, he received a dual PhD in the sociology of culture and Islamic studies from the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. Dabashi has written and edited many books, including \u003ci\u003eIran, the Green Movement and the USA\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Arab Spring\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as numerous chapters, essays, articles and book reviews. He is an internationally renowned cultural critic, whose writings have been translated into numerous languages.Dabashi has been a columnist for the Egyptian \u003ci\u003eAl-Ahram Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e for over a decade, and is a regular contributor to Al Jazeera and CNN. He has been a committed teacher for nearly three decades and is also a public speaker, a current affairs essayist, a staunch anti-war activist and the founder of Dreams of a Nation. He has four children and lives in New York with his wife, the Iranian-Swedish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA much needed corrective to the complacent view that multicultural diversity reigns in US and European Universities. Hamid Dabashi's new work is a tour de force. * Drucilla Cornell, author of Law and Revolution in South Africa *\u003cbr\u003eDabashi eloquently articulates the intellectual journey of a whole generation of postcolonial thinkers: its findings must be heard. * Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab, author of Contemporary Arab Thought *\u003cbr\u003eDrawing from his unrivalled inside knowledge of various intellectual traditions, Dabashi has written, with acuity, passion and humour, a critical synthesis of Western thought from the vantage point of the \"dark races\". * Mamadou Diouf, director of the Institute for African Studies, Columbia University *\u003cbr\u003eFor decades, Hamid Dabashi has drawn from the histories of the non-West to argue for ways of thinking deemed illegitimate by the parochial but powerful guardians of intellectual life in the West. In \u003ci\u003eCan Non-Europeans Think?\u003c\/i\u003e he takes his subtle but vigorous polemic to another level. * Pankaj Mishra *\u003cbr\u003eWith elegant irony, \u003ci\u003eCan Non-Europeans Think?\u003c\/i\u003e reorients our reading of the world. It is a passionate rejoinder to those who are unable to see beyond European framings and rootings. * S. Sayyid, author of Recalling the Caliphate *\u003cbr\u003eThese essays are trenchant, witty, provocative, mischievous, and on target. * Souleymane Bachir Diagne, author of Comment philosopher en Islam *\u003cbr\u003eHamid Dabashi's \u003ci\u003eCan Non-Europeans Think?\u003c\/i\u003e collects his important provocations on issues ranging from post-colonialism to democracy. These are pieces to wrestle with, to think about, to discuss and debate. Reading Dabashi is like going for an extended coffee with a very smart friend. * Vijay Prashad, author of The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South *\u003cbr\u003eDabashi's book is both a panoramic critique of, and a revolt against, dominant forms of knowledge. It is characteristically lucid and accessible. A worthwhile read. * Wael Hallaq, Columbia University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan Non-Europeans Think?\u003c\/i\u003e The simple answer is yes. The more complicated answer is also yes, but requires that the reader dismantles the very notion of \"West\" and \"European\". This is a fabulous read. * Zillah Eisenstein, author of Sexual Decoys and The Audacity of Races and Genders *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword: Yes, We Can by Walter Mignolo    Introduction: Can Europeans Read?    1. Can Non-Europeans Think?    2. The Moment of Myth Edward Said, 1935-2003    3. The Middle East is Changed Forever    4. The War between the Civilized Man and the Savage    5. Postcolonial Defiance or Still the Other    Conclusion: The Continued Regime of Knowledge","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866600747351,"sku":"9781350354319","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/can-noneuropeans-think-9781350354319","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}