Out of the Dark Night: Essays on Decolonization
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Achille Mbembe is one of the world's most profound critics of colonialism and its consequences， a major figure in the emergence of a new wave of French critical theory。 His writings examine the complexities of decolonization for African subjectivities and the possibilities emerging in its wake。 In Out of the Great Darkness， he offers a rich analysis of the paradoxes of the postcolonial moment that points toward new liberatory models of community and humanity。
In a nuanced consideration of the African experience， Mbembe makes sweeping interventions into debates about citizenship， identity， democracy， and modernity。 He eruditely ranges across European and African thought to provide a powerful assessment of common ways of writing and thinking about Africa。 Mbembe criticizes the blinders of European intellectuals， analyzing France's failure to heed postcolonial critiques of ongoing exclusions masked by pretenses of universalism。 He develops a new reading of African modernity that further develops the notion of Afropolitanism， a novel way of being in the world that has arisen in decolonized Africa in the midst of both destruction and the birth of new societies， making the case for South Africa as its laboratory。 Out of the Great Darkness reconstructs critical theory's historical and philosophical framework for understanding colonial and postcolonial events and expands our sense of the futures made possible by decolonization。
In a nuanced consideration of the African experience， Mbembe makes sweeping interventions into debates about citizenship， identity， democracy， and modernity。 He eruditely ranges across European and African thought to provide a powerful assessment of common ways of writing and thinking about Africa。 Mbembe criticizes the blinders of European intellectuals， analyzing France's failure to heed postcolonial critiques of ongoing exclusions masked by pretenses of universalism。 He develops a new reading of African modernity that further develops the notion of Afropolitanism， a novel way of being in the world that has arisen in decolonized Africa in the midst of both destruction and the birth of new societies， making the case for South Africa as its laboratory。 Out of the Great Darkness reconstructs critical theory's historical and philosophical framework for understanding colonial and postcolonial events and expands our sense of the futures made possible by decolonization。
Reviews
Roland
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Achille Mbembe is a leading postcolonial thinker， with a deep seated perspective on the dark past and the prospects of the future of Africa。 The present collection of essays was written on the occasion of the celebration of the half-century of African independences， and offer a thorough evaluation of what happened during the postcolonial period either on the continent or on the land of the former Metropoles （case of France）。 The book's argumentation is inline with Franz Fanon's "The Wretched of Achille Mbembe is a leading postcolonial thinker， with a deep seated perspective on the dark past and the prospects of the future of Africa。 The present collection of essays was written on the occasion of the celebration of the half-century of African independences， and offer a thorough evaluation of what happened during the postcolonial period either on the continent or on the land of the former Metropoles （case of France）。 The book's argumentation is inline with Franz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth" written immediately after the struggles for national autonomy。 Mbembe writes with an unusual insight on the current debates linking them with a political， social and economic historic sweep of the last half of the 20th century， in Africa。 Moreover， Mbembe offers a fresh inquiry of the contemporary forces at work on the continent， painting the different faces of mutation found in different fields。 I was only sorry that he could not write a longer book on the subject。 He does a remarkable work at touching on the various aspects that a large subject as this requires， hence the impression the book gave of skimming over a vast field covered with uneven and changing relief。 I can't wait to jump on his next book， of course after a significant time of digestion。 。。。more
Jack
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Uma análise brutal acerca da desestruturação das sociedades africanas que viveram um colonialismo europeu desgastante。 Além disso， são absurdamente perspiscazes as metáforas com órgãos execretores e genitais para explicar estruturas do poder pós-colonial que a europeu exerceu sobre o continente africano。 Com a descolonização， Mbembe sugere que a África deve abandonar definitivamente qualquer parâmetro europeu de desenvolvimento e criar seus próprios parâmetros， para atingir sua potencialidade má Uma análise brutal acerca da desestruturação das sociedades africanas que viveram um colonialismo europeu desgastante。 Além disso， são absurdamente perspiscazes as metáforas com órgãos execretores e genitais para explicar estruturas do poder pós-colonial que a europeu exerceu sobre o continente africano。 Com a descolonização， Mbembe sugere que a África deve abandonar definitivamente qualquer parâmetro europeu de desenvolvimento e criar seus próprios parâmetros， para atingir sua potencialidade máxima como nação。 Durante toda a discussão， Mbembe expõe ideias que te fazem perceber todas as estruturas， não só a racial， mas também a cultural， econômica， política que nos rodeiam e muitas vezes são impercetíveis para olhos não atentos。 。。。more
Matías Pérez Ojeda Del Arco
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Un buen libro que hace un balance noble de lo que fueron las luchas anticoloniales， sus fallos， y la necesidad de repensar y renovar ese espíritu que motivo a estas luchas: la reposición y apropiación del ser mismo， del salir de 'la zona Fanoniana del no ser' o momento de gran noche， para poder entrar en la humanidad， y llevar acabo la ‘déclosion du monde’。 Desde allí comenzar todo de nuevo， algo más justo， sin racismo （que equivale a colonialismo para Mbembe）， y de imaginar por qué no el pluriv Un buen libro que hace un balance noble de lo que fueron las luchas anticoloniales， sus fallos， y la necesidad de repensar y renovar ese espíritu que motivo a estas luchas: la reposición y apropiación del ser mismo， del salir de 'la zona Fanoniana del no ser' o momento de gran noche， para poder entrar en la humanidad， y llevar acabo la ‘déclosion du monde’。 Desde allí comenzar todo de nuevo， algo más justo， sin racismo （que equivale a colonialismo para Mbembe）， y de imaginar por qué no el pluriverso （que， si bien no usa esta palabra， usa su esencia basándose en el poeta Leopold Sedar Senghor）。 Otro punto interesante， y clave， es cuando menciona ese hecho palpable de que Europa ya no es el centro del mundo。 Los conceptos teóricos， los ejes epistemológicos， las claves para el futuro de l@s mund@s， los modelos para un cambio de paradigma， duela a quien le duela， surgen hoy más que nunca desde el sur。 Así mismo， es interesante ver también el capítulo donde Mbembe， a manera autobiográfica， relaciona la evolución de su pensamiento postcolonial con el transitar por el mundo: Paris， NY， Johannesburgo。 Precisamente es de estos lugares de donde nutre su crítica， extrae sus ejemplos contemporáneos （de aún presencia de colonialismo-racismo） y elabora sus propuestas。 Dos críticas personales y puntuales al libro de Mbembe。 Uno， la falta de mención de Latinoamérica salvo contadas opiniones para llenar página。 Al hacer una genealogía del pensamiento postcolonial， es imposible dejar de mencionar a teóricos y críticos latinoamericanos， que mucho antes de los 80s de Said， ya venía enarbolando sus críticas al paradigma moderno occidental。 José Martí， Jose Carlos Maríategui， Enrique Dussel， Fernández Retamar， son solo algunos de ellos。 Esta falta de mención es imperdonable， más aún cuando Mbembe construye y toma prestado mucho de Frantz Fanon， que irónicamente， pudo haber sido en el libro precisamente el punto de anclaje para un diálogo sur-sur con Latinoamérica。 Dos， la percepción ‘colonial y neoliberal’ suya， al afirmar que entre los ‘fuertes’ de África， es la relativamente existencia de tierras。 。。。more
Yves Gounin
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