TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chabal, Patrick,
TI  -  The end of conceit: western rationality after postcolonialism 
SN  - 1848135572 (pbk.)
U1  -  327.101  23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London,  New York,  New York
PB  - Zed Books, distributed i n the USA by Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - International relations
KW  -  Philosophy
KW  - East and West
KW  - Postcolonialism
KW  - Western countries
KW  -  Foreign public opinion
KW  -  Foreign relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-364) and index; West and non-West -- Western rationality and postcolonialism -- Rati onality, theory and thinking -- The problem -- At home -- Abroad -- Ide ntities -- Who are we? -- Who are the 'others' ? -- Why is the West mor e 'advanced'? -- Why is the non-West a 'threat'? -- Ideas -- Individual -- Society -- Freedom -- Faith -- Market -- Change -- Interpretations -- To think is to theorise -- To theorise is to explain -- To explain i s to act -- To act is to think (again) -- Epilogue: Three questions -- Secularism -- Human rights -- Sovereignty
N2  - "In this radical new book, Patrick Chabal addresses the crucial issu e of why the manner in which we in the West approach key political, soc ial, and economic issues in today's globalized world - our traditional assumptions about "Western rationality" - is fatally constrained by an overly deterministic tradition of thought and enquiry.  Presenting such provocative questions as "is it a good idea to build mosques in Europe ?" and '"s Beckham the new black icon?", Chabal explores why this is th e case and how the "challenges" of the non-West - both in terms of what is happening in regions such as Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the M iddle East as well as how the non-West is present in our own societies - ought to make us fundamentally re-think how we approach, explain, and attempt to "manage our world."  How, ultimately, it should lead to the end of Western conceit."--Publisher's website
ER  -