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Lurking in fact behind these clever and persuasive projections of political stability, empire, self-confidence and national myth is a much more complicated and fascinating story.
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“Those who can think up feminism or structuralism; those who can't apply such insights to "Moby Dick" or "The Cat in the Hat".”
― After Theory
― After Theory
“...revolutionary nationalism was by far the most successful radical tide of the the twentieth century.”
― After Theory
― After Theory
“Ideology is essentially a matter of meaning; but the condition of advanced capitalism, some would suggest, is one of pervasive non-meaning. The sway of utility and technology bleach social life of significance, subordinating use-value to the empty formalism of exchange-value.”
― Ideology: An Introduction
― Ideology: An Introduction
“Political bargaining and political entrepreneurship can be seen naked, stripped of the flattering wardrobe of democracy, rule of law and state building.”
― The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa: Money, War and the Business of Power
― The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa: Money, War and the Business of Power
“Indeed, post-colonial theory first emerged in the wake of the failure of the Third World nations to go it alone. It marked the end of the era of Third World revolutions and the first glimmerings of what we now know as globalization.”
― After Theory
― After Theory
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