Hegel and Empire
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Hegel and Empire

From Postcolonialism to Globalism

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Hegel and Empire

From Postcolonialism to Globalism

About this book

This book provides a clear and nuanced appraisal of Hegel's treatment of Africa, India, and Islam, and of the implications of this treatment for postcolonial and global studies. Analyzing Hegel's master-slave dialectic and his views on Africa, India, and Islam, it situates these views not only within Hegel's historical scheme but also within a broader European philosophical context and the debates they have provoked within Hegel scholarship. Each chapter explores various in depth readings of Hegel by postcolonial critics, investigating both the Eurocentric and potentially global nature of his dialectic. Ultimately, the book shows both where of this profoundly influential thinker archetypally embodies certain Eurocentric traits that have characterized modernity and how, ironically, he himself gives us the tools for working towards a more global vision.

Offering a concise introduction not only to an important dimension of Hegel's thought – his orientation towards "empire" – but also to the various issues raised by postcolonial theory and global studies, this book will be of use to philosophers as well as advanced students of literary and cultural theory alike.

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Contents
  3. 1: Introduction: Hegel and History
  4. 2: The Master-Slave Dialectic
  5. 3: The Master-Slave Dialectic in Literary Theory: Historical Readings
  6. 4: Hegel and Africa
  7. 5: Frantz Fanon: An African Reading of Hegel
  8. 6: Slavery, Capitalism, and the Dialectic of Empire
  9. 7: Hegel and India: The Aesthetics of Eurocentrism
  10. 8: Gayatri Spivak: An “Indian” Reading of Hegel
  11. 9: Hegel and Islam: Orientalism
  12. 10: Reading Hegel’s Islam
  13. 11: Epilogue: The Dialectic of Empire
  14. Index