The decolonial abyss : mysticism and cosmopolitics from the ruins /

This book thematizes the mystical figure of the abyss by examining the abyss as the dialectical process of the self's reconstruction followed by its dispossession. It traces such process in Neoplatonic mysticism, German idealism, and Afro-Caribbean philosophy with the end of politicizing the my...

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An Yountae
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Fordham University Press, 2017.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
This book thematizes the mystical figure of the abyss by examining the abyss as the dialectical process of the self's reconstruction followed by its dispossession. It traces such process in Neoplatonic mysticism, German idealism, and Afro-Caribbean philosophy with the end of politicizing the mystical figure from the standpoint of coloniality.
Umfang:
1 online resource (200 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-8232-7312-1
0-8232-7311-3
Schlagworte:
Meaninglessness (Philosophy)
Postcolonialism.
Decolonization.
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