Samurai Champloo and the discourses of modernity, civilisation and Western power in Japan Essay submitted in response to the following: Both Russia and Japan were “old” national societies with significantly entrenched social relations and symbolic-cultural traditions when confronted by an expanding global capitalism. Critically discuss the key issues of debate on how to respond to … Continue reading Starring down the barrel of the gun
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Imperial Ahistorical History and the Conundrum of Postcolonial Studies: the challenges of modernity and the nation state in African History
This piece is from a school assignment, submitted in response to the essay topic: [I]nsofar as the academic discourse of history – that is, ‘history’ produced in the institutional site of the university – is concerned, Europe remains the sovereign theoretical subject of all histories, including the ones we call ‘Indian’, ‘Chinese’, ‘Kenyan’, and so. … Continue reading Imperial Ahistorical History and the Conundrum of Postcolonial Studies: the challenges of modernity and the nation state in African History
Simon Rakei 