02383cam a2200301 a 4500 121115s2012 enk b 001 0 eng d 1848135572 9781848135574 9781848135581 1848135580 SDU JZ1249 C426 E 2012 Chabal, Patrick, The end of conceit : western rationality after postcolonialism / Patrick Chabal. New York : distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. 369 p. West and non-West -- Western rationality and postcolonialism -- Rationality, theory and thinking -- The problem -- At home -- Abroad -- Identities -- Who are we? -- Who are the 'others' ? -- Why is the West more 'advanced'? -- Why is the non-West a 'threat'? -- Ideas -- Individual -- Society -- Freedom -- Faith -- Market -- Change -- Interpretations -- To think is to theorise -- To theorise is to explain -- To explain is to act -- To act is to think (again) -- Epilogue: Three questions -- Secularism -- Human rights -- Sovereignty. HKBU library YT2025 M09 "In this radical new book, Patrick Chabal addresses the crucial issue of why the manner in which we in the West approach key political, social, and economic issues in today's globalized world - our traditional assumptions about "Western rationality" - is fatally constrained by an overly deterministic tradition of thought and enquiry. Presenting such provocative questions as "is it a good idea to build mosques in Europe?" and '"s Beckham the new black icon?", Chabal explores why this is the case and how the "challenges" of the non-West - both in terms of what is happening in regions such as Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East as well as how the non-West is present in our own societies - ought to make us fundamentally re-think how we approach, explain, and attempt to "manage our world." How, ultimately, it should lead to the end of Western conceit."--Publisher's website. International relations Philosophy. East and West. Postcolonialism Western countries. Western countries Foreign public opinion. Western countries Foreign relations. 32793 = C.1 บัณฑิตวิทยาลัย GBE lcc 102029 102029 0 0 lcc 0 JZ1249 C426 E2012 0 CGB 281318 BD BD GEN 2025-09-09 2 JZ1249 C426 E 2012 1000384878 2025-09-09 00:00:00 C.1 2025-09-09 GBE