Boundary Lines: Philosophy and Postcolonialism

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Systematically addresses the philosophical implications of the postcolonial. Contents Foreword Introduction Part One: Time, History, Writing 1. The Margins of History 1.1. World-History: The End of “Outside” 1.2. Temporalization and Anachrony 1.3. The Ambiguous Border: Exception and Liberation 2. Writing, Narrations 2.1. Counter-Histories 2.2. Archives of Silence 2.3. Narratives of the Possible 3. Aporias of Memory 3.1. The Law of the Past: Ruins and Other Remains 3.2. Historical Sublime and Narrative Part Two: Maps, Subjects, Translation 4. Translation and Transition 4.1. Writing Machines 4.2. Global Capital and “Historical Difference” 5. Politics of Translation 5.1. Cultural Identity and Ambivalence 5.2. Language and Minorities 5.3. Logic, Rhetoric, Silence 6. Political Subjects 6.1. Geography of Dominion, Cartographies of Subalternity 6.2. The Political Word 6.3. Difference and Position: Alliances Located Notes Bibliography Index of Names