The End of Conceit by Patrick Chabal
In this radical new book, Patrick Chabal reveals how the future of the West is now inextricably linked to that of the 'non-West'.
The End of Conceit is a timely book written with insight, commitment, and graceStudied without being sophistic, deeply personal without being sentimental, it challenges still firmly held prejudices about the rationality of the human and social sciences. Most importantly, it offers a compelling argument that thinking through traditions of the non-Western world can provide critical perspectives from which Europe might reflect upon its contemporary cultural-political predicaments. Patrick Chabal's is a distinctive intelligence from which we have a great deal to learn. * David Scott, Columbia University *
A brave book and a timely one. Well-organized, lucid, incisive, it offers penetrating criticisms of the assumptions of governments, academics and ordinary Westerners. Beginning with current examples of political and social problems, Patrick Chabal helps his readers to "think beyond theory". * Peter Burke, Emmanuel College Cambridge *
This is an important book and is to be highly recommended. * Roger Mac Ginty, in The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs *
The End of Conceit is a treatise on the grand failure of Western conceit - even with itself, let alone the irresistible plurality of the world rising around it. Patrick Chabal has written a most elegant denunciation and a most provocative and persuasive pathway to a more egalitarian global future. * Stephen Chan, School of Oriental and African Studies, author of The End of Certainty *
A brave book and a timely one. Well-organized, lucid, incisive, it offers penetrating criticisms of the assumptions of governments, academics and ordinary Westerners. Beginning with current examples of political and social problems, Patrick Chabal helps his readers to "think beyond theory". * Peter Burke, Emmanuel College Cambridge *
This is an important book and is to be highly recommended. * Roger Mac Ginty, in The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs *
The End of Conceit is a treatise on the grand failure of Western conceit - even with itself, let alone the irresistible plurality of the world rising around it. Patrick Chabal has written a most elegant denunciation and a most provocative and persuasive pathway to a more egalitarian global future. * Stephen Chan, School of Oriental and African Studies, author of The End of Certainty *
Patrick Chabal was professor in the department of history at King’s College London. His books include Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling (2009), Culture Troubles: Politics and the Interpretation of Meaning (2006), and Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument (1999). He died in 2014.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848135581 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848135580 |
| Title | The End of Conceit |
| Author | Patrick Chabal |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2012-08-23 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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