Unthinking Mastery Dehumanism and Decolonial Entanglements

In UNTHINKING MASTERY Julietta Singh demonstrates how pervasive the concept of mastery has been to modern politics, even to anti-colonial thought, which rejects forms of political domination and subjection. Anti-colonial discourse, Singh argues, has sought to recuperate the humanity of the colonized...

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Main Author: Singh, Juliette (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Durham, NC Duke University Press 2017
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