Achille Mbembe and the Postcolony: Going beyond the Text

Focusing on On the Postcolony by Cameroonian theorist Achille Mbembe, Weate examines an emerging voice within postcolonial theory, as a more channeled pathway into the critique of inscriptivism and an initial exploration of what lies beyond it. Weate claims that Mbembe fails in his stated intentions...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Research in African literatures 2003-12, Vol.34 (4), p.27-41
1. Verfasser:	Weate, Jeremy
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Academic discipline Africa African culture African history African literature African studies Baroque literature Black culture Black literature Black people Colonialism Complicity Cultural studies Culture Discourse analysis Economic theory Literary criticism Literature Mbembe, Achille Mbembe, Achille (1957- ) Metaphysics Minority & ethnic groups Philosophy Post-structuralism Postcolonial literature Postcolonialism Poststructuralism Texts
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Zusammenfassung:	Focusing on On the Postcolony by Cameroonian theorist Achille Mbembe, Weate examines an emerging voice within postcolonial theory, as a more channeled pathway into the critique of inscriptivism and an initial exploration of what lies beyond it. Weate claims that Mbembe fails in his stated intentions of thinking through postcolonial Africa, and that his project is theoretically confused and devoid of productive substantial argument.
ISSN:	0034-5210 1527-2044
DOI:	10.2979/RAL.2003.34.4.27