| Creolizing Political Theory: Reading Rousseau through Fanon Subjects: Rousseau Jean-Jacques 1712–1778 -- Political and social views; Fanon Frantz 1925–1961 -- Political and social views; General will; Legitimacy of governments; Political science -- Philosophy; Asking whether it is possible to develop an approach to studying political life that reflects its heterogeneity, Jane Anna Gordon offers the creolization of political theory as a response. Offering a critique of mere comparison, Gordon demonstrates the generative capacity of creolization through bringing together across time and place the ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Frantz Fanon. Gordon Jane Anna : Jane Anna Gordon teaches Political Science and African-American Studies at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. |