Rejects cosmopolitan ideas of emancipation as ethno-centric

Considers these derived from the European Enlightenment; rejects them because of the implicit distinction between the strong and the weak in which the weak are to be emancipated by the strong

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7. Representation, resistance, biopower
B. Post-Colonialism
D. Resistance
Rejects cosmopolitan ideas of emancipation as ethno-centric
Embraces fluid understanding of values, ethics and the common good
Focus is on transcending colonial legacies
Incorporates history of anti-colonial resistance w/resistances of oday
Very sceptical of rationalities/historical justifications of empire
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