The decolonial subject and the problem of non-Western authenticity.
It is argued in this paper that some decolonising strategies in the study of global politics are precluded by the problem of non-Western authenticity. I question the idea of an identifiable non-Western geo-cultural context that could significantly reconstitute what already is a post-Western subject....
| Published in: | Postcolonial Studies Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 150 - 168 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=136806819&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 136806819 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 13688790 56Z jtl: Postcolonial Studies issn: 13688790 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2019 vid: 22 iid: 2 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 136806819 10.1080/13688790.2019.1608795 ppf: 150 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.2MB tig: atl: The decolonial subject and the problem of non-Western authenticity. aug: au: Vieira, Marco affil: Department of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS), University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK su: Decolonization Imperialism Postcolonial analysis Subjectivity Sovereignty sug: subj: Decolonization Imperialism Postcolonial analysis Subjectivity Sovereignty keyword: Authenticity decolonial thought post-Western subjectivity postcolonial psychology ab: It is argued in this paper that some decolonising strategies in the study of global politics are precluded by the problem of non-Western authenticity. I question the idea of an identifiable non-Western geo-cultural context that could significantly reconstitute what already is a post-Western subject. I claim that in most cases the asymmetrical encounter between the colonised and the coloniser has fundamentally and extensively redefined human subjectivity in a way that largely negates decolonial emancipatory projects. This is the result of the all-encompassing penetration of Western coloniality (in its political, economic and cultural representations) into the spaces of pre-colonial or uncolonised forms of subjectivity. I draw from Frantz Fanon's and Jacques Lacan's theories to argue that attempts to recover non-Western forms of self-identification are useful albeit illusory psychological mechanisms to stabilise hybrid postcolonial subjectivities rather than an actual restoration of non-colonial and purified forms of existing in the world. I suggest that an effective anticolonial politics of resistance will necessarily entail the understanding of post-Western subjectivity in terms of psychological 'hybridity' rather than decolonial 'authenticity'. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Postcolonial Studies is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Postcolonial Studies holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2019 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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