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Modernity and Political Thought Ser.: Unsettling the World : Edward Said and Political Theory by Jeanne Morefield (2022, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-101538168626
ISBN-139781538168622
eBay Product ID (ePID)8057283985
Product Key Features
Number of Pages336 Pages
Publication NameUnsettling the World : Edward Said and Political Theory
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2022
SubjectGlobalization, History & Theory, International Relations / General, General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science
AuthorJeanne Morefield
SeriesModernity and Political Thought Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight18 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2022-002853
Reviews"Jeanne Morefield's Unsettling the World: Edward Said and Political Theory extends her already impressive body of work on the nature and function of empire and imperialism into a radical turning point. In Said she has found a kindred soul not just to interpret the world, as Marx had urged, but to change it. With this master stroke Morefield relocates us in "the middle of a raging cyclone" as she puts it which is Said's way of recasting the world not despite but against empire. The result however is not just rereading Said against the grain of the current imperial meltdown. She borrows from Said to build a whole new moral and imaginative citadel from which not just to reimagine but rebuild the world. In Said, Morefield detects and praises what she performs with uncommon verve and vitality for a whole new generation of critical thinking." --Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University, author of On Said: Remembrance of Things Past "Unsettling the World advances a riveting and revelatory account of Edward Said's political thought. Probing the complexity, contradictions, and polemics that have led other commentators to misjudge Said's anticolonial humanism, Morefield situates Said's work in the company of Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, and C. L. R. James and demonstrates why political theorists cannot afford to neglect Said's profound analysis of the entanglements of race, empire, and modern political ideals." --Lawrie Balfour, University of Virginia "Jeanne Morefield's Unsettling the World is an original and outstanding interpretation of Edward Said's work and of its contribution and importance to the field of political theory." --James Tully, Professor Emeritus, University of Victoria, Jeanne Morefield's Unsettling the World is an original and outstanding interpretation of Edward Said's work and of its contribution and importance to the field of political theory., Unsettling the World advances a riveting and revelatory account of Edward Said's political thought. Probing the complexity, contradictions, and polemics that have led other commentators to misjudge Said's anticolonial humanism, Morefield situates Said's work in the company of Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, and C. L. R. James and demonstrates why political theorists cannot afford to neglect Said's profound analysis of the entanglements of race, empire, and modern political ideals., Jeanne Morefield's Unsettling the World: Edward Said and Political Theory extends her already impressive body of work on the nature and function of empire and imperialism into a radical turning point. In Said she has found a kindred soul not just to interpret the world, as Marx had urged, but to change it. With this master stroke Morefield relocates us in "the middle of a raging cyclone" as she puts it which is Said's way of recasting the world not despite but against empire. The result however is not just rereading Said against the grain of the current imperial meltdown. She borrows from Said to build a whole new moral and imaginative citadel from which not just to reimagine but rebuild the world. In Said, Morefield detects and praises what she performs with uncommon verve and vitality for a whole new generation of critical thinking.
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal327.101
SynopsisThis is the first book-length treatment of Edward Said's influential cultural criticism from the perspective of a political theorist. Morefield argues that Said's critique provides a timely approach that bridges historical analyses of imperialism and postcolonial politics with an urgent imperative to theorize contemporary global crises., Jeanne Morefield synthesizes Palestinian American theorist and cultural critic Edward Said's critical humanism as a conceptual approach for addressing crises in contemporary global politics that demands reflection about historical context and the nature of the collective public before considering solutions to perceived problems. Said's approach to humanistic inquiry speaks directly to the way scholars of international ethics who speak from a liberal internationalist perspective react to global crises by fixating on the international status quo, often advocating global order for global order's sake. In the process, Said's humanism transforms the very idea of what it means to theorize global ethics in a postcolonial age and offers a clarifying way to navigate through foreign policy discussions with conflicting interest groups and ideologies., Unsettling the World is the first book-length treatment of Edward Said's influential cultural criticism from the perspective of a political theorist. Arguing that the generative power of Said's thought extends well beyond Orientalism, the book explores Said's writings on the experience of exile, the practice of "contrapuntal" criticism, and the illuminating potential of worldly humanism. Said's critical vision, Morefield argues, provides a fresh perspective on debates in political theory about subjectivity, global justice, identity, and the history of political thought. Most importantly, she maintains, Said's approach offers theorists a model of how to bring the insights developed through historical analyses of imperialism and anti-colonialism to bear on critiques of contemporary global crises and the politics of American foreign policy.
LC Classification NumberJZ1306.M69 2022
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