Overview

Postcolonial intellectuals have engaged with and deeply impacted upon European society since the figure of the intellectual emerged at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Yet a critical assessment and overview of their influential roles is long overdue, particularly in the light of contemporary debates in Europe and beyond.   This book offers an innovative take on the role of intellectuals in Europe through a postcolonial lens and, in doing so, questions the very definition of ""public intellectual,"" on the one hand, and the meaning of such a thing as ""Europe,"" on the other. It does so not only by offering portraits of charismatic figures such as Stuart Hall, Jacques Derrida, Antonio Gramsci, Frantz Fanon, and Hannah Arendt, among others, but also by exploring their lasting legacies and the many dialogues they have generated. The notion of the ‘classic’ intellectual is further challenged by bringing to the fore artists, writers, and activists, as well as social movements, networks, and new forms of mobilization and collective engagement that are part of the intellectual scene.

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Author:   Sandra Ponzanesi ,  Adriano José Habed, Research Assistant, Utrec
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield International
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield International
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.667kg
ISBN:  

9781786604125

ISBN 10:   1786604124
Pages:   362
Publication Date:   31 August 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface: Postcolonial Intellectuals: Universal, Specific, or Transversal? Engin Isin / Intervention: Thinking Academic Freedom in Gendered Postcoloniality, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak / Introduction: Postcolonial Intellectuals, European Publics, Adriano José Habed and Sandra Ponzanesi / PART 1: Portraits of the Intellectual / 1. Antonio Gramsci and Anti-colonial Internationalism, Neelam Srivastava / 2. Talking about a Revolution. C.L.R. James and Frantz Fanon, Jamila M. H. Mascat / 3. Edward Said’s Enduring Legacy: Disciplining Criticism, Pal Ahluwalia / 4. Feminisms of Colour in the Company of Stuart Hall, Yasmin Gunaratnam / PART 2: Reinterpretations and Dialogues / 5. Before Postcolonialism: Shakīb Arslān’s Response to Colonialism in the Interwar Years, Mehdi Sajid / 6. Hannah Arendt and Postcolonial Thought, Christopher J. Lee / 7. Jacques Derrida’s Three Moments of Postcoloniality and the Challenge of Settler Colonialism, Muriam Haleh Davis / 8. Rosi Braidotti and Paul Gilroy: Questions of Memory and Cosmopolitan Futures of Europe, Bolette B. Blagaard / PART 3: Writers, Artists and Activists / 9. Salman Rushdie: The Accidental Intellectual in the Mediascape, Ana Cristina Mendes / 10. ‘Not Merely in Symbol but in Reality’: Zadie Smith and the Aesthetic of the Intellectual, Jesse van Amelsvoort / 11. Anonymous Urban Disruptions – Exploring ‘Banksy’ as Artistic Activist and Social Critic, Tindra Thor / 12. #RhodesMustFall and the Curation of European Imperial Legacies, Rosemarie Buikema / PART 4: Intellectual Movements and Networks / 13. Strange Fruits: Queer of Color Intellectual Labor in the Netherlands in the 1980s and 1990s, Gianmaria Colpani and Wigbertson Julian Isenia / 14. Radical Equality and the Politics of the Anonym: A Counter-discourse toward Postcolonial Europe, Sudeep Dasgupta / 15. Killjoy Movements, Leila Whitley / 16. Hacking the European Refugee Crisis? Data Activism and Human Rights, Koen Leurs / Afterword: Bruce Robbins / Index / About the Contributors

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While the present political spectrum lurches to the right and the securities promised by homeland and homogeneity, these collected essays dub the mantra of 'there is no alternative' with other versions and rhythms. Here postcolonial perspectives sequence into a heterogeneity of cultural and political practices that rework the archives of the West in another key, critically challenging the continuing colonial formation of the present.--Iain Chambers, Professor of Cultural and Postcolonial Studies at the Oriental University in Naples

While the present political spectrum lurches to the right and the securities promised by homeland and homogeneity, these collected essays dub the mantra of 'there is no alternative' with other versions and rhythms. Here postcolonial perspectives sequence into a heterogeneity of cultural and political practices that rework the archives of the West in another key, critically challenging the continuing colonial formation of the present.--Iain Chambers, Professor of Cultural and Postcolonial Studies at the Oriental University in Naples Postcolonial Intellectuals in Europe offers a refreshing new set of perspectives on the engagement of intellectuals in questions of colonial history and postcolonial politics in contemporary Europe. Far from acquiescing to the oft-repeated affirmation that the intellectual is dead, the volume displays the reinvention and reinvigoration of intellectual work in the twenty-first century at the same time as it lucidly articulates its ambiguities and tensions.--Jane Hiddleston, Professor of Literatures in French, University of Oxford

While the present political spectrum lurches to the right and the securities promised by homeland and homogeneity, these collected essays dub the mantra of `there is no alternative' with other versions and rhythms. Here postcolonial perspectives sequence into a heterogeneity of cultural and political practices that rework the archives of the West in another key, critically challenging the continuing colonial formation of the present. -- Iain Chambers, Professor of Cultural and Postcolonial Studies at the Oriental University in Naples

Author Information

Sandra Ponzanesi is Professor of Gender and Postcolonial Studies, Department of Media and Culture Studies, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Adriano José Habed, International Institute of Social History, The Netherlands

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