Postcolonialism across the Disciplines the basis for contemporary postcok seties aims to bea seminal contri he field, spanning the traditional range studies but also those less acknow!- radigms and examine the relationship the global and the postcolonial. between the transnational Deconstruction and the Postcolonial At the Limits of Theory Michael Syrotinski Liverpool University PressLiverpool 169 72U Copyright © 2007 Michael Syrotinski ‘The right of Michael Syrotinski to be identified as the author of this asserted by him in accordance with the Copytight, Designs and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing-in Publication data | British Library CIP record is avallable ISUN 978-1-84631-056-0 cased Typeset in Amerigo by R. J. Footring Ltd, Derby To Isabel and Cl ine, for their love and inspirationContents Acknowledgements afew liminal remarks Part Il. Deconstruction and postcolonial Africa 4 Defetishizing Africa 5 Reprendre: Mudimbe’s deconstructions snce and writing in the African postcolony: Mbembe and Sony Labou Tansi Conclusion (Postcolonial Blanchot?) Bibliography Index viii u 26 65 82 8 “7 124 133