{"product_id":"deconstruction-and-the-postcolonial-at-the-limits-of-theory-9781846310560","title":"Deconstruction and the Postcolonial: At the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs postcolonial studies shifts to a more comparative approach one of the most intriguing developments has been within the Francophone world. A number of genealogical lines of influence are now being drawn connecting the work of the three figures most associated with the emergence of postcolonial theory – Homi Bhabha, Edward Said, and Gayatri Spivak – to an earlier generation of French (predominantly ‘poststructuralist’) theorists. Within this emerging narrative of intellectual influences, the importance of the thought of Jacques Derrida, and the status of deconstruction generally, has been acknowledged, but has not until now been adequately accounted for. In Deconstruction and the Postcolonial, Michael Syrotinski teases out the underlying conceptual tensions and theoretical stakes of what he terms a ‘deconstructive postcolonialism’, and argues that postcolonial studies stands to gain ground in terms of its political forcefulness and philosophical rigour by turning back to, and not away from, deconstruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn insightful, provocative and challenging book.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJane Hiddleston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: a few liminal remarks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I. Postcolonial deconstruction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Deconstruction in Algeria (Derrida ‘himself ’)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Hybridity revisited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Spivak reading Derrida: an interesting exchange\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II. Deconstruction and postcolonial Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Defetishizing Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Reprendre: Mudimbe’s deconstructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Violence and writing in the African postcolony: Achille Mbembe and Sony Labou Tansi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion (Postcolonial Blanchot?)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360206717271,"sku":"9781846310560","price":109.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781846310560.jpg?v=1754126981","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/deconstruction-and-the-postcolonial-at-the-limits-of-theory-9781846310560","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}