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CREOLIZING POLITICAL THEORY FF66118833..iinnddbb ii 1122//22//1133 99::2266::4499 AAMM FF66118833..iinnddbb iiii 1122//22//1133 99::2266::4499 AAMM j u s t i d e a s transformative ideals of justice in ethical and political thought series editors Drucilla Cornell Roger Berkowitz FF66118833..iinnddbb iiiiii 1122//22//1133 99::2266::4499 AAMM FF66118833..iinnddbb iivv 1122//22//1133 99::2266::4499 AAMM CREOLIZING POLITICAL THEORY READING ROUSSEAU THROUGH FANON Jane Anna Gordon fordham university press new york 2014 FF66118833..iinnddbb vv 1122//22//1133 99::2266::4499 AAMM Copyright © 2014 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gordon, Jane Anna, 1976– Creolizing political theory : reading Rousseau through Fanon / Jane Anna Gordon. — First edition. pages cm. — (Just ideas) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8232-5481-1 (hardback) — isbn 978-0-8232-5482-8 (paper) 1. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712–1778—Political and social views. 2. Fanon, Frantz, 1925–1961—Political and social views. 3. General will. 4. Legitimacy of governments. 5. Political science—Philosophy. I. Title. jc179.r9g67 2014 320.01—dc23 2013019537 Printed in the United States of America 16 15 14 5 4 3 2 1 First edition FF66118833..iinnddbb vvii 1122//22//1133 99::2266::4499 AAMM In loving memory of Yvonne Patricia Solomon Garel (or Grandma Pat), Jack Garel, Th elma Young, David Levy, Don Belton, Gary Tobin, and William R. Jones and to kerido Lewis, in whom so many worlds converge and are made new FF66118833..iinnddbb vviiii 1122//22//1133 99::2266::4499 AAMM FF66118833..iinnddbb vviiiiii 1122//22//1133 99::2266::4499 AAMM Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 Delegitimating Decadent Inquiry 18 2 Decolonizing Disciplinary Methods 63 3 Rousseau’s General Will 95 4 Fanonian National Consciousness 129 5 Th inking Th rough Creolization 162 Conclusion 203 Notes 221 References 265 Index 287 FF66118833..iinnddbb iixx 1122//22//1133 99::2266::4499 AAMM FF66118833..iinnddbb xx 1122//22//1133 99::2266::4499 AAMM
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