Restating Orientalism A Critique of Modern Knowledge |
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| Author:
| Hallaq, Wael |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-18762-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2018 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $42.00 |
Book Description:
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Wael B. Hallaq takes critique of Orientalism as a point of departure for rethinking the modern project. A remarkably ambitious attempt to overturn the foundations of a wide range of academic disciplines, Restating Orientalism exposes the depth of academia's lethal complicity in modern forms of capitalism, colonialism, and hegemonic power.
Wael B. Hallaq takes critique of Orientalism as a point of departure for rethinking the modern project. A remarkably ambitious attempt to overturn the foundations of a wide range of academic disciplines, Restating Orientalism exposes the depth of academia's lethal complicity in modern forms of capitalism, colonialism, and hegemonic power.