Can Non-Europeans Think?

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A much needed corrective to the complacent view that multicultural diversity reigns in US and European Universities. Hamid Dabashi's new work is a tour de force. * Drucilla Cornell, author of Law and Revolution in South Africa * Dabashi eloquently articulates the intellectual journey of a whole generation of postcolonial thinkers: its findings must be heard. * Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab, author of Contemporary Arab Thought * Drawing from his unrivalled inside knowledge of various intellectual traditions, Dabashi has written, with acuity, passion and humour, a critical synthesis of Western thought from the vantage point of the "dark races". * Mamadou Diouf, director of the Institute for African Studies, Columbia University * For decades, Hamid Dabashi has drawn from the histories of the non-West to argue for ways of thinking deemed illegitimate by the parochial but powerful guardians of intellectual life in the West. In Can Non-Europeans Think? he takes his subtle but vigorous polemic to another level. * Pankaj Mishra * With elegant irony, Can Non-Europeans Think? reorients our reading of the world. It is a passionate rejoinder to those who are unable to see beyond European framings and rootings. * S. Sayyid, author of Recalling the Caliphate * These essays are trenchant, witty, provocative, mischievous, and on target. * Souleymane Bachir Diagne, author of Comment philosopher en Islam * Hamid Dabashi's Can Non-Europeans Think? collects his important provocations on issues ranging from post-colonialism to democracy. These are pieces to wrestle with, to think about, to discuss and debate. Reading Dabashi is like going for an extended coffee with a very smart friend. * Vijay Prashad, author of The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South * Dabashi's book is both a panoramic critique of, and a revolt against, dominant forms of knowledge. It is characteristically lucid and accessible. A worthwhile read. * Wael Hallaq, Columbia University * Can Non-Europeans Think? The simple answer is yes. The more complicated answer is also yes, but requires that the reader dismantles the very notion of "West" and "European". This is a fabulous read. * Zillah Eisenstein, author of Sexual Decoys and The Audacity of Races and Genders *