The Other - Softcover

Kapuscinski, Ryszard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786635968 ISBN 13: 9781786635969

Verlag: Verso Books, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

The master of literary reportage reflects on the West’s encounters with the non-European

In this distillation of reflections accumulated from a lifetime of travel, Ryszard Kapuscinski takes a fresh look at the Western idea of the Other. Looking at this concept through the lens of his own encounters in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and considering its formative significance for his own work, Kapuscinski traces how the West has understood the non-European from classical times to the present day. He observes how in the twenty-first century we continue to treat the residents of the Global South as hostile aliens, objects of study rather than full partners sharing responsibility for the fate of humankind.

In our globalised but increasingly polarised world, Kapuscinski shows how the Other remains one of the most compelling ideas of our times.

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Born in Pinsk (in what is now Belarus), the celebrated Polish foreign correspondent Ryszard Kapuscinski is the author of, among other titles, Shah of Shahs, Imperium, Shadow of the Sun, The Other and the memoir Travels with Herodotus. His books have been translated into twenty-eight languages. He died in 2007.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Verso Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1786635968
• ISBN 13: 9781786635969
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 112
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