{"product_id":"europe-in-theory-9780822339274","title":"Europe in Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEurope (in Theory) is an innovative analysis of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ideas about Europe that continue to inform thinking about culture, politics, and identity today. Drawing on insights from subaltern and postcolonial studies, this title deconstructs imperialism not from the so-called periphery but from within Europe itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Remarkably lucid and accessible, \u003ci\u003eEurope (in Theory)\u003c\/i\u003e is a superb antidote to the ‘clash of civilizations’ mindset. It ought to be required reading in any course on imperialism and\/or postcolonialism.”—Joseph A. Buttigieg, editor of Antonio Gramsci’s \u003ci\u003ePrison Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What does Europe look like when you look at it from Sicily? It looks very much like Europe seen from its ex-colonies. Roberto M. Dainotto has shifted the geography of understanding and made a signal contribution to an ‘epistemology of the South.’ \u003ci\u003eEurope (in Theory)\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark. A neglected archive, like the work of Michele Amari, becomes the anchor for a de-colonial take on Eurocentrism from inside Europe itself.”—Walter D. Mignolo, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Written in a lively style, \u003ci\u003eEurope (in Theory) \u003c\/i\u003eis fresh, innovative, and brings the most advanced post-colonial and historiographic positions into Italian studies and conversely suggests that an understanding of Italy’s complex past could enrich American cultural studies, Mediterranean area studies and the thorny issue of the relation of Islamic culture to Christian Europe.” -- Peter Carravetta * Journal of Modern Italian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: A Pigs Eye View of Europe 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Discovery of Europe: Some Critical Points 11\u003cbr\u003e 2. Montesquieu’s North and South: History as a Theory of Europe 52\u003cbr\u003e 3. Republics of Letters: What Is European Literature? 87\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mme de Stael to Hegel: The End of French Europe 134\u003cbr\u003e 5. Orientalism, Mediterranean Style: The Limits of History at the Margins of Europe 172\u003cbr\u003e Notes 219\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited 239\u003cbr\u003e Index 267","brand":"MD - Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038662656343,"sku":"9780822339274","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822339274.jpg?v=1750940969","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/europe-in-theory-9780822339274","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}