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The Other
The Other
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15 October, 2008
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In this distillation of his 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 polarized world, Kapuscinski shows how the Other remains one of the most compelling ideas of our times.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781844673285 |
| ISBN10 | 1844673286 |
| Number Of Pages | 100 |
| Item Weight | 203 g |
| Product Dimensions | 135 x 18 x 198 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Verso Books |
| Format | hardback |
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Kapuscinski saw more, and more clearly... than nearly any writer one can think to name. Few have written more beautifully of unspeakable things. Few have had his courage, almost none his talent. His books changed the way many of us think about nonfiction. - New York Times Book Review
Author's Bio
Born in Pinsk (in what is now Belarus), the celebrated Polish foreign correspondent RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI is the author of, among others, Shah of Shahs, Imperium, Shadow of the Sun and, most recently, the memoir Travels with Herodotus. His books have been translated into twenty-eight languages. He died in 2007.