The Indo-Mediterranean  

Oleh:

Bellamy, Elizabeth Jane ; Shetty, Sandhya

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Thesis Eleven vol. 67 no. 1 (Nov. 2001), page 39–58.
Topik: critique of imperialism; deconstruction; eastward migration; historical borders; Indian Ocean; Indo-Mediterranean; passages
Fulltext: 39TE671.pdf (88.16KB)

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We return to Derrida's 1974 Glas. It has probably never occurred to readers of Glas that it could have relevance for any kind of critique of empire – let alone a critique of empire via the Mediterranean. But Braudel's investigation of the difficult question of the 'historical Mediterranean' is precisely the lens through which Glas's nascent critique of imperialism comes into focus. In this strange work, a 'thinking' of passages emerges –disruptive passages moving from west to east, ceaselessly criss-crossing the vectors of the western empire's seemingly 'continuous' move westward. As a rigorous critique of origins and borders, Derridean deconstruction can provide a useful perspective on ongoing efforts to pinpoint the borders of a 'historical Mediterranean' and on the ways in which medieval mercantile histories of the Mediterranean themselves serve as a critique of empire.

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