{"product_id":"the-end-of-the-west-and-other-cautionary-tales-9780231176736","title":"The End of the West and Other Cautionary Tales","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe End of the West and Other Cautionary Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, Sean Meighoo raises a provocative challenge not merely to the conceits of continental philosophy's recent deconstruction of the ethnocentrism of Western metaphysics, but also to the assumptions of the postcolonial theory that has eagerly appropriated that counterdiscourse. In doing so, he urges us to recognize the ways in which the critique of the idea of a singular West has often been misconceived. This is a timely intervention with deep-reaching implications for rethinking the project of contemporary criticism. -- David Scott, author of \u003ci\u003eOmens of Adversity: Tragedy, Time, Memory, Justice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis groundbreaking book makes an important and crucial intervention into the literatures and debates on postcolonial theory, politics, and cultural studies. Meighoo skillfully and thoughtfully brings together Western and Eastern philosophies, pointing not only to their various differences and similarities but also, importantly, to their influences. The \u003ci\u003eEnd of the West and Other Cautionary Tales\u003c\/i\u003e moves across a wide philosophical terrain to provide readers with a profound sense of what might be at stake in terms of how Western philosophy and postcolonial theory speak to each other. -- Rinaldo Walcott, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Like Who? Writing Black Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The End of the West\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The \u003ci\u003eBlack Athena\u003c\/i\u003e Debate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: From Teleology to Negative Teleology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. The Phenomenological Turn\u003cbr\u003e3. The Ethical Turn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: From Continental Philosophy to Postcolonial Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. The Critique of Representation\u003cbr\u003e5. The Defense of Difference\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: The Limits of Antiethnocentrism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. The Beatles in India\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400303419735,"sku":"9780231176736","price":20.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231176736.jpg?v=1730470333","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-end-of-the-west-and-other-cautionary-tales-9780231176736","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}