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Aimé Césaire's postcolonial thought as a ‘Non-Western resistance discourse’: In terms of speaker, language and counter-discourse
Cross-Cultural Studies
2018,
51(), pp.161-191
DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2018.51..161
Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
Research Area : Literature
DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2018.51..161
Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
Research Area : Literature
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In the beginning of the 20th century, post-colonialism has directly raised questions about western-centered universalism. One of its main achievements is that the political liberation of a colonial society does not guarantee the social, economic and cultural liberation of a society. Therefore, the discourse of liberation in the Western society, in particular, Marxism, nationalism, feminism and postmodernism, cannot be directly applied to the non-Western society. As a result, Western and non-Western societies are unfortunately dreaming of different futures and liberation; therefore, a‘geopolitical dialogue’ is needed between them. However, the theorists' efforts for postcolonial liberation failed to distinguish themselves from the western-centric traditions. It is also true that they have, in conjunction with these traditions, established their own power. As we know, many of the postcolonial criticisms somehow had relations with the West. This study will re-read the postcolonial thought of Aimé Césaire, the father of the so-called Négritude, as a ‘non-western resistance discourse’. Through this process, we have a chance to reflect on Césaire and his postcolonial thoughts.
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