Goodness Is Elsewhere: The Rule of European Difference

Reflecting on European colonialism in 1950—at a time when discussions about what we now know as the European Union emerged in western Europe—Aimé Césaire wrote, “… Europe is morally, spiritually indefensible.”2 This idea is fairly commonplace in much of the post-colonial world and it has some purcha...

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Comparative analysis
Countries
Economics
Europe
European history
European Union
France
Geopolitics
History
Human rights
Hungarian language
Hungary
Intellectuals
International relations
Letters (Correspondence)
Liberalism
Making a Difference
Morality
Poetry
Politics
Racism
Representation letters
Society
Universities
Western civilization
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