Enlightenment In The Colony
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Enlightenment In The Colony
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Author : Aamir R. Mufti
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-01-10
Enlightenment In The Colony written by Aamir R. Mufti and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-10 with Social Science categories.
Enlightenment in the Colony opens up the history of the "Jewish question" for the first time to a broader discussion--one of the social exclusion of religious and cultural minorities in modern times, and in particular the crisis of Muslim identity in modern India. Aamir Mufti identifies the Hindu-Muslim conflict in India as a colonial variation of what he calls "the exemplary crisis of minority"--Jewishness in Europe. He shows how the emergence of this conflict in the late nineteenth century represented an early instance of the reinscription of the "Jewish question" in a non-Western society undergoing modernization under colonial rule. In so doing, he charts one particular route by which this European phenomenon linked to nation-states takes on a global significance. Mufti examines the literary dimensions of this crisis of identity through close readings of canonical texts of modern Western--mostly British-literature, as well as major works of modern Indian literature in Urdu and English. He argues that the one characteristic shared by all emerging national cultures since the nineteenth century is the minoritization of some social and cultural fragment of the population, and that national belonging and minority separatism go hand in hand with modernization. Enlightenment in the Colony calls for the adoption of secular, minority, and exilic perspectives in criticism and intellectual life as a means to critique the very forms of marginalization that give rise to the uniquely powerful minority voice in world literatures.
The Illuminating Legacy Enlightenment And The Shaping Of Colonial Australia
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Author : Pasquale De Marco
language : en
Publisher: Pasquale De Marco
Release Date : 2025-03-15
The Illuminating Legacy Enlightenment And The Shaping Of Colonial Australia written by Pasquale De Marco and has been published by Pasquale De Marco this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-03-15 with History categories.
In the vast tapestry of human history, the Enlightenment stands as a radiant thread, illuminating the path towards reason, progress, and human flourishing. Its transformative principles left an indelible mark on societies across the globe, shaping political landscapes, intellectual pursuits, and the very fabric of human civilization. "The Illuminating Legacy: Enlightenment and the Shaping of Colonial Australia" embarks on a captivating journey, exploring the profound influence of the Enlightenment on the nascent tapestry of Australian society. Spanning the vast expanse of history, from the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 to the dawn of the 19th century, this book delves into the intricate interplay between Enlightenment ideals and the unique challenges of a burgeoning colonial frontier. Through the pages of this illuminating narrative, we encounter the intellectual pioneers who sowed the seeds of Enlightenment thought in Australian soil. These visionaries, armed with the weapons of rationality and fueled by an unyielding belief in human progress, sought to shape a society founded upon the unshakeable pillars of justice, equality, and liberty. Their endeavors extended far beyond the realm of abstract philosophy, leaving tangible imprints on the very fabric of colonial life. We witness the establishment of schools and institutions, the dissemination of knowledge, and the fervent pursuit of scientific inquiry, all fueled by the Enlightenment's unwavering belief in the transformative power of education and intellectual enlightenment. The impact of the Enlightenment extended beyond the halls of academia, deeply entwining itself with the economic, social, and cultural tapestry of colonial Australia. We explore the rise of commerce and industry, the quest for social reform, and the ongoing struggle for indigenous rights, all illuminated by the guiding light of Enlightenment principles. "The Illuminating Legacy" is more than a mere chronicle of historical events; it is an invitation to contemplate the enduring legacy of the Enlightenment. As we delve into the past, we seek not only to understand the origins of Australian society but also to glean insights that can illuminate our present and guide our future. For in the tapestry of history, we find threads that connect us to the aspirations and struggles of those who came before us, reminding us of the timeless quest for a better, more enlightened world. If you like this book, write a review!
Duress
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Author : Ann Laura Stoler
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2016-10-13
Duress written by Ann Laura Stoler and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-13 with Social Science categories.
How do colonial histories matter to the urgencies and conditions of our current world? How have those histories so often been rendered as leftovers, as "legacies" of a dead past rather than as active and violating forces in the world today? With precision and clarity, Ann Laura Stoler argues that recognizing "colonial presence" may have as much to do with how the connections between colonial histories and the present are expected to look as it does with how they are expected to be. In Duress, Stoler considers what methodological renovations might serve to write histories that yield neither to smooth continuities nor to abrupt epochal breaks. Capturing the uneven, recursive qualities of the visions and practices that imperial formations have animated, Stoler works through a set of conceptual and concrete reconsiderations that locate the political effects and practices that imperial projects produce: occluded histories, gradated sovereignties, affective security regimes, "new" racisms, bodily exposures, active debris, and carceral archipelagos of colony and camp that carve out the distribution of inequities and deep fault lines of duress today.
Refiguring Theological Hermeneutics
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Author : M. Grau
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-12-17
Refiguring Theological Hermeneutics written by M. Grau and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-17 with Religion categories.
Grau reconsiders the relationship between "logos" and "mythos" as a precondition to opening theological hermeneutics to discourse from other cultures and genres, other modes of telling and retelling.
Crip Colony
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Author : Sony Coráñez Bolton
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2023-01-16
Crip Colony written by Sony Coráñez Bolton and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-16 with Social Science categories.
In Crip Colony, Sony Coráñez Bolton examines the racial politics of disability, mestizaje, and sexuality in the Philippines. Drawing on literature, poetry, colonial records, political essays, travel narratives, and visual culture, Coráñez Bolton traces how disability politics colluded with notions of Philippine mestizaje. He demonstrates that Filipino mestizo writers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries used mestizaje as a racial ideology of ability that marked Indigenous inhabitants of the Philippines as lacking in civilization and in need of uplift and rehabilitation. Heteronormative, able-bodied, and able-minded mixed-race Filipinos offered a model and path for assimilation into the US empire. In this way, mestizaje allowed for supposedly superior mixed-race subjects to govern the archipelago in collusion with American imperialism. By bringing disability studies together with studies of colonialism and queer-of-color critique, Coráñez Bolton extends theorizations of mestizaje beyond the United States and Latin America while considering how Filipinx and Filipinx American thought fundamentally enhances understandings of the colonial body and the racial histories of disability.
Time S Monster
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Author : Priya Satia
language : en
Publisher: Belknap Press
Release Date : 2020-10-20
Time S Monster written by Priya Satia and has been published by Belknap Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-20 with History categories.
A New Statesman Best Book of the Year “Powerful and radically important.” —Robert Gildea, Times Literary Supplement “Bracingly describes the ways imperialist historiography has shaped visions of the future as much as the past.” —Pankaj Mishra, New York Review of Books “An account of how the discipline of history has itself enabled the process of colonization...A coruscating and important reworking of the relationship between history, historians, and empire.” —Kenan Malik, The Guardian For generations, the history of the British Empire was written by its victors, whose accounts of conquest guided the consolidation of imperial rule in India, the Middle East, Africa, and the Caribbean. British historians’ narratives of the development of imperial governance licensed the brutal suppression of colonial rebellion. Their reimagining of empire during the two world wars compromised decolonization. In this brilliant work, Priya Satia shows how these historians not only interpreted the major political events of their time but also shaped the future that followed. From the imperial histories of John Stuart Mill and Winston Churchill to the works of anticolonial thinkers such as William Blake, Mahatma Gandhi, and E. P. Thompson, Satia captures two opposing approaches to the discipline of history and illuminates the ethical universe that came with them. Against the backdrop of enduring inequalities and a crisis in the humanities, hers is an urgent moral voice.
Prose Of The World
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Author : Saikat Majumdar
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2013-01-15
Prose Of The World written by Saikat Majumdar and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
'Prose of the World' explores the global life of the banality of Empire. From late-colonial modernism to the present day, he looks at writers from all over the world to expose the everyday life of those abroad.
The Floracrats
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Author : Andrew Goss
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 2011-02-01
The Floracrats written by Andrew Goss and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-01 with History categories.
Situated along the line that divides the rich ecologies of Asia and Australia, the Indonesian archipelago is a hotbed for scientific exploration, and scientists from around the world have made key discoveries there. But why do the names of Indonesia’s own scientists rarely appear in the annals of scientific history? In The Floracrats Andrew Goss examines the professional lives of Indonesian naturalists and biologists, to show what happens to science when a powerful state becomes its greatest, and indeed only, patron. With only one purse to pay for research, Indonesia’s scientists followed a state agenda focused mainly on exploiting the country’s most valuable natural resources—above all its major export crops: quinine, sugar, coffee, tea, rubber, and indigo. The result was a class of botanic bureaucrats that Goss dubs the “floracrats.” Drawing on archives and oral histories, he shows how these scientists strove for the Enlightenment ideal of objective, universal, and useful knowledge, even as they betrayed that ideal by failing to share scientific knowledge with the general public. With each chapter, Goss details the phases of power and the personalities in Indonesia that have struggled with this dilemma, from the early colonial era, through independence, to the modern Indonesian state. Goss shows just how limiting dependence on an all-powerful state can be for a scientific community, no matter how idealistic its individual scientists may be.
Enlightened Reform In Southern Europe And Its Atlantic Colonies C 1750 1830
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Author : Gabriel Paquette
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-06
Enlightened Reform In Southern Europe And Its Atlantic Colonies C 1750 1830 written by Gabriel Paquette and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-06 with History categories.
Efforts to ascertain the influence of enlightenment thought on state action, especially government reform, in the long eighteenth century have long provoked stimulating scholarly quarrels. Generations of historians have grappled with the elusive intersections of enlightenment and absolutism, of political ideas and government policy. In order to complement, expand and rejuvenate the debate which has so far concentrated largely on Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, this volume brings together historians of Southern Europe (broadly defined) and its ultramarine empires. Each chapter has been explicitly commissioned to engage with a common set of historiographical issues in order to reappraise specific aspects of 'enlightened absolutism' and 'enlightened reform' as paradigms for the study of Southern Europe and its Atlantic empires. In so doing it engages creatively with pressing issues in the current historical literature and suggests new directions for future research. No single historian, working alone, could write a history that did justice to the complex issues involved in studying the connection between enlightenment ideas and policy-making in Spanish America, Brazil, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. For this reason, this well-conceived, balanced volume, drawing on the expertise of a small, carefully-chosen cohort, offers an exciting investigation of this historical debate.
The Enlightenment And The Origins Of European Australia
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Author : John Gascoigne
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-06-07
The Enlightenment And The Origins Of European Australia written by John Gascoigne and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-06-07 with History categories.
This book surveys some of the key intellectual influences in the formation of Australian society by emphasizing the impact of the Enlightenment, with its commitment to rational inquiry and progress. The first part analyzes the political and religious background of the period from the First Fleet (1788) to the mid-nineteenth century. The second demonstrates the pervasiveness of ideas of improvement across a range of human endeavors, from agriculture to education, penal discipline and race relations. Throughout, the book highlights the extent to which developments in Australia can be compared with those in Britain and the U.S.