Rethinking Postcolonial Studies in the Age of Transnationalism.

The author reflects on the need of re-evaluating postcolonial studies during the time of transnationalism worldwide. He believes of the need to re-assessed them because the onset of these cultural studies in 1990s not only brought humanities and social sciences programs across Western and non-Wester...

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Publicado en:Journal of Philosophy: A Cross-Disciplinary Inquiry Vol. 4; no. 9; pp. 1 - 4
Autor principal: Aryal, Yubraj
Formato: Editorial
Publicado: Society for Philosophy & Literary Studies 2009
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Sumario:The author reflects on the need of re-evaluating postcolonial studies during the time of transnationalism worldwide. He believes of the need to re-assessed them because the onset of these cultural studies in 1990s not only brought humanities and social sciences programs across Western and non-Western universities, but changed the perspectives of the orient and the occident. Moreover, he adds that postcolonial studies encourages Westerners to take initiative in nation-building.