Postcolonial Melancholia

Name: Postcolonial Melancholia
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ISBN: 9780231134552

ISBN-10: 023113455X

ISBN-13: 9780231134552

Edition: 2006

Authors: Paul Gilroy

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In an effort to deny the ongoing effect of colonialism and imperialism on contemporary political life, the death knell for a multicultural society has been sounded from all sides. That's the provocative argument Paul Gilroy makes in this unorthodox defense of the multiculture. Gilroy's searing analyses of race, politics, and culture have always remained attentive to the material conditions of black people and the ways in which blacks have defaced the "clean edifice of white supremacy." In Postcolonial Melancholia, he continues the conversation he began in the landmark study of race and nation 'There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack' by once again departing from conventional wisdom to…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 10/10/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 0.59" wide x 0.98" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Paul Gilroy holds the Anthony Giddens Professorship in Social Theory at the London School of Economics.



Preface


List of Maps, Figures Pronunciation Guide


Introduction



Early Medieval India and the Esoteric Rhapsody



The Demise of Dynasty and a Poorly Lit Path



Renaissance and Reformation: The Eastern Vinaya Monks



Translators as the New Aristocracy



Drokmi: The Doyen of Central Tibetan Translators



Treasure Text, the Imperial Legacy



The Late Eleventh Century: From Esoteric Lineages to Clan Temples



The Early Twelfth Century: A Confident Tibetan Buddhism



The Late Twelfth to Early Thirteenth Century: Ethical Crises, International



Conclusion and Epilogue: The Victory of the Clan Structure, Late Tantric Buddhism Notes Glossary Tibetan Orthographic Equivalents



Eastern Vinaya Temples, Cave Temples



Translation and Text of the Root Text of the *Margaphala



A Concordance of Early Commentaries on the Root Text of the *Margaphala Notes to Appendices Notes to the Edition


Abbreviations


Bibliography


Index