Postcolonial humanism as a critique of ethnonationalism
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https://doi.org/10.20318/universitas.2019.4512Keywords:
interculturality, ethno-nationalism, postcolonial humanism, democracy, universal rightsAbstract
This article offers an analysis of different moments in the articulation of postcolonial humanism through a systematization of conceptual nexus among the proposals of Fanon / Bhabha and Bhabha / Said, the article highlights the contemporary dimensions of postcolonial humanism. By doing intertextual hermeneutic analysis, the article interprets postcolonial humanism as a critical epistemology that elucidates the mechanisms of cultural and epistemic violence inherent to ethno-nationalist narratives and strategies, in the current context of postBrexit EU crisis.
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