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Provides a comparative indigenous and postcolonial critique of the modern university. This work argues that the future of the university depends on its openness to indigenous epistemes, which have thus far been excluded by various mechanisms of epistemic ignorance.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1 The Gift

2 From Cultural Conflicts to Epistemic Ignorance

3 The Question of Speaking and the Impossibility of the Gift

4 Knowing the “Other” and “Learning to Learn”

5 Hospitality and the Logic of the Gift in the Academy

Conclusion

Afterword

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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      Publisher University of British Columbia Press
      Published 21 May 2007
      ISBN-13 9780774813563
      978-0774813563
      ISBN-10 0774813563
      Also in:
      Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Social discrimination and social justice

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Provides a comparative indigenous and postcolonial critique of the modern university. This work argues that the future of the university depends on its openness to indigenous epistemes, which have thus far been excluded by various mechanisms of epistemic ignorance.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Preface

      Introduction

      1 The Gift

      2 From Cultural Conflicts to Epistemic Ignorance

      3 The Question of Speaking and the Impossibility of the Gift

      4 Knowing the “Other” and “Learning to Learn”

      5 Hospitality and the Logic of the Gift in the Academy

      Conclusion

      Afterword

      Notes

      Bibliography

      Index

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