Creolizing Political Theory - Reading Rousseau Through Fanon

Asking whether it is possible to develop an approach to studying political life that reflects its heterogeneity, Jane Anna Gordon offers the creolization of political theory as a response. Offering a critique of mere comparison, Gordon demonstrates the generative capacity of creolization through bringing together across time and place the ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Frantz Fanon.

List of contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Delegitimating Decadent Discourses of Inquiry 2. Decolonizing Disciplinary Methods 3. Squaring the Circle: Rousseau's General Will 4. Creolizing the General Will: Fanonian National Consciousness 5. Thinking through Creolization Conclusion Notes References Index

About the author

Jane Anna Gordon teaches Political Science and African-American Studies at the University of Connecticut at Storrs.

Summary

Asking whether it is possible to develop an approach to studying political life that reflects its heterogeneity, Jane Anna Gordon offers the creolization of political theory as a response. Offering a critique of mere comparison, Gordon demonstrates the generative capacity of creolization through bringing together across time and place the ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Frantz Fanon.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Anna Gordon
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.02.2014
• EAN: 9780823254828
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-5482-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Just Ideas; Just Ideas: Transformative Ide; Just Ideas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education