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Strange Bedfellows: Heidegger and the Decolonial Project

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Lectures and Seminars
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The Committee Room
Speakers
Prabhsharanbir Singh, University of British Columbia
Event type
Lectures and Seminars
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Martin Heidegger's work presents an enigma for the study of colonialism. He formulated one of the most profound critiques of the Western tradition yet his work also exhibits a deep-rooted onto-historical ethnocentrism. Can his thinking inform the decolonial project? No straighforward answer is possible here. However, postcolonial and decolonial theorists' minimal engagement with Heidegger has caused a critical lacuna in their works. This lacuna can be named as the critique of modern Western technology in the context of colonialism. This paper deals with the complex questions Heidegger raised about modern Western technology and their import for the study of colonialism.