1997
DOI: 10.1080/01436599714614
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The postcolonial flaneur and other fellow-travellers: Conceits for a narrative of redemption

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“…Old, spluttering vehicles were stopped at roadblocks more often than newer ones. 12 Death (2013, p. 769), citing Williams (1997), writes that some critiques of Foucault see him as "having little of value to say to those outside metropolitan café culture." 13 This is not to discount practices that present as "corrupt," like soliciting bribes, but to attend to the centrality of the human element in the system as a whole.…”
Section: E N D N O T E Smentioning
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“…Old, spluttering vehicles were stopped at roadblocks more often than newer ones. 12 Death (2013, p. 769), citing Williams (1997), writes that some critiques of Foucault see him as "having little of value to say to those outside metropolitan café culture." 13 This is not to discount practices that present as "corrupt," like soliciting bribes, but to attend to the centrality of the human element in the system as a whole.…”
Section: E N D N O T E Smentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Death (2013, p. 769), citing Williams (1997), writes that some critiques of Foucault see him as “having little of value to say to those outside metropolitan café culture.”…”
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“…These forms of power conduct people's conduct from a distance, as aggregate populations and as individuals, so as to secure semi-natural processes (such as population, society or economy). 6 While some scholars have questioned governmentality's applicability outside Europe (Williams, 1997;Joseph, 2010), others have countered that governmentality has spread around the globe as a result of European colonisation (Abrahamsen, 2003) as well as noting the constitutive role of the colonies in shaping European societies (Stoler, 1995). 7 We acknowledge the constitutive role of colonial relations in shaping the emergence of these discourses within the West (see Stoler, 1995;Mitchell, 1991).…”
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“…However, there is also an embedded and palpable apprehension about the possible replication of old hierarchies through new agents from Asia. As Williams () reminds us, theories from the Global South, such as postcolonialism, also tend to privilege one set of experiences (those of South Asia) over the experiences of others from different societies in Africa. The “postcolonial flaneur ” and its “narrative of redemption,” he argues, are characterized by ignorance of the experiences of fellow travelers (Williams ).…”
Section: Silences Of Theorymentioning
confidence: 99%