Interrogating Western Modernity

Postcolonial Reflections on Occidental Claims and Action

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4810366
AutoresIna Kerner (0000-0001-9974-4648, University of Koblenz and Landau, autor de correspondencia)
Año2018
Volumen23
Número2
Páginas35-52
Fecha de publicación2018-12-22
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCadernos de Filosofia Alemã Crítica e Modernidade (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1413-7860 • E-ISSN: 2318-9800
EditorialUniversidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11606/issn.2318-9800.v23i2p35-52
OpenAlexW2906379181
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas11

This paper deals with the way in which European modernity, and the West more generally, are reflected upon in the field of post- and decolonial theories, which generally question those representations of the European/Western tradition of thought and politics that only focus on their positive aspects, but differ greatly with regard to the way in which they frame and formulate their critique of this tradition. I discuss three major positions in this field. They are characterized by the rejection of Western modernity (Walter Mignolo), by a deconstruction of core text and principles of the European Enlightenment (Gayatri Spivak), and by attempts at a renewal and hence a radicalization of some of its core normative claims, particularly humanism (Achille Mbembe

Aesthetics · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Humanism · Ideology · Modernity · Normative · Orientalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · Western culture · Western thought · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism