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Empire of Knowledge
Vinay Lal
其他書名
Culture and Plurality in the Global Economy
出版Sage Publications India Pvt Limited, 2005
ISBN81782959549788178295954
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=JO4SAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Offering a dissenting perspective on the politics of knowledge, this book is a powerful critique of the intellectual and cultural assumptions that underline the current processes of development, modernization and globalization. The author demonstrates that the world as we know it today is understood largely through categories that are the product of Western knowledge systems. His critique of the existing world order and his vision of possible futures encourage the reader to engage in the study of the West. Rather than merely reversing Orientalism, such a study would create a body of knowledge about the West that would enable people to better understand both themselves and the West. This important and lucidly written book deconstructs the cultural assumptions that have emerged alongside capitalism and offers a devastating critique of the politics of knowledge at the heart of all powerbroking.