Europe (in Theory)

Name: Europe (in Theory)
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ISBN: 9780822339274

ISBN-10: 0822339277

ISBN-13: 9780822339274

Edition: 2007 (Annotated)

Authors: Roberto M. Dainotto

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"Europe (in Theory)" is an innovative analysis of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ideas about Europe that continue to inform thinking about culture, politics, and identity today. Drawing on insights from subaltern and postcolonial studies, Roberto M. Dainotto deconstructs imperialism not from the so-called periphery but from within Europe itself. He proposes a genealogy of Eurocentrism that accounts for the way modern theories of Europe have marginalized the continent's own southern region, portraying countries including Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal as irrational, corrupt, and clan-based in comparison to the rational, civic-minded nations of northern Europe. Dainotto argues that…

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List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 1/9/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: A Pigs Eye View of Europe



The Discovery of Europe: Some Critical Points



Montesquieu's North and South: History as a Theory of Europe



Republics of Letters: What Is European Literature?



Mme de Stael to Hegel: The End of French Europe



Orientalism, Mediterranean Style: The Limits of History at the Margins of Europe


Notes


Works Cited


Index