From Critique of the Postcolony to a Postcolonial Form of Critique. On the Uses and Misuses of Foucault in Jean and John Comaroff’s Work
This paper develops a philosophical approach to Jean and John Comaroffs’ work by fleshing out and theoretically articulating the form of critique that the Comaroffs employ in their reading of the “postcolonial” condition. Even though Walter Benjamin’s classical correlation between law and violence p...
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| description | This paper develops a philosophical approach to Jean and John Comaroffs’ work by fleshing out and theoretically articulating the form of critique that the Comaroffs employ in their reading of the “postcolonial” condition. Even though Walter Benjamin’s classical correlation between law and violence provides the framework for the kind of critique the Comaroffs perform, I want to show that when the question refers to what kind of critique they undertake in the context of the postcolony, as well as what form it needs to take in the specific context of the postcolonial world, it is the Comaroffs’ critical approaches to Michel Foucault rather than to Benjamin that become particularly illuminating. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b1ef2b5b96f64eb7bb6ad07eb5f19f212022-12-22T01:52:19ZengUniversidad de los AndesRevista de Estudios Sociales0123-885X1900-51802019-01-0167172510.7440/res67.2019.02From Critique of the Postcolony to a Postcolonial Form of Critique. On the Uses and Misuses of Foucault in Jean and John Comaroff’s WorkMaría del Rosario Acosta López0DePaul University (United States)This paper develops a philosophical approach to Jean and John Comaroffs’ work by fleshing out and theoretically articulating the form of critique that the Comaroffs employ in their reading of the “postcolonial” condition. Even though Walter Benjamin’s classical correlation between law and violence provides the framework for the kind of critique the Comaroffs perform, I want to show that when the question refers to what kind of critique they undertake in the context of the postcolony, as well as what form it needs to take in the specific context of the postcolonial world, it is the Comaroffs’ critical approaches to Michel Foucault rather than to Benjamin that become particularly illuminating.https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.7440/res67.2019.02Author: BenjaminFoucaultJean and John Comaroffpostcolonial critique |
| spellingShingle | María del Rosario Acosta López From Critique of the Postcolony to a Postcolonial Form of Critique. On the Uses and Misuses of Foucault in Jean and John Comaroff’s Work Revista de Estudios Sociales Author: Benjamin Foucault Jean and John Comaroff postcolonial critique |
| title | From Critique of the Postcolony to a Postcolonial Form of Critique. On the Uses and Misuses of Foucault in Jean and John Comaroff’s Work |
| title_full | From Critique of the Postcolony to a Postcolonial Form of Critique. On the Uses and Misuses of Foucault in Jean and John Comaroff’s Work |
| title_fullStr | From Critique of the Postcolony to a Postcolonial Form of Critique. On the Uses and Misuses of Foucault in Jean and John Comaroff’s Work |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Critique of the Postcolony to a Postcolonial Form of Critique. On the Uses and Misuses of Foucault in Jean and John Comaroff’s Work |
| title_short | From Critique of the Postcolony to a Postcolonial Form of Critique. On the Uses and Misuses of Foucault in Jean and John Comaroff’s Work |
| title_sort | from critique of the postcolony to a postcolonial form of critique on the uses and misuses of foucault in jean and john comaroff s work |
| topic | Author: Benjamin Foucault Jean and John Comaroff postcolonial critique |
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