Conscripts of Modernity - The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment

Informationen zum Autor David Scott Klappentext Uses C.L.R. James's"The Black Jacobins" as a jumping-off point for a reconsideration of colonial and postcolonial concepts of history, politics, and agency. Zusammenfassung Uses C.L.R. James'sThe Black Jacobins as a jumping-off point for a reconsideration of colonial and postcolonial concepts of history! politics! and agency. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue 1 1. Futures Past 23 2. Romanticism and the Longing for Anticolonial Revolution 58 3. Conscripts of Modernity 98 4. Toussaint's Tragic Dilemma 132 5. The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment 170 Epilogue 209 Notes 223 Acknowledgments 271 Index 273

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Scott, Scott, David Scott
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 03.12.2004
• EAN: 9780822334330
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3433-0
• Pagine: 296
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918; Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus