A very modern ghost: Postcolonialism and the politics of enchantment

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-46

  McEwan, Cheryl ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ETHICS; MODERNITY; POLITICAL THEORY; POST-COLONIALISM;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 40949131893     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d460t     Document Type: Article

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