{"product_id":"the-architecture-of-freedom-hassanaly-ladha-9781350105799","title":"The Architecture of Freedom: Hegel, Subjectivity, and the Postcolonial State","description":"Through a radical reading of Hegel's oeuvre, \u003ci\u003eThe Architecture of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e sets forth a theory of open borders centered on a new interpretation of the German philosopher's related conceptions of language and the aesthetic, mastery and servitude, and subjectivity and the state.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe book's argument turns on Hegel's identification of \"Africa\" as a fluid, utopic space enabling the traversal of the East-West binary. As Hegel's figure for the non-historical, Africa emerges as the negativity that propels the movement of the dialectic in time.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMirroring the \"shrouded\" continent's relation to history, Kantian \"architectonics\" step out of the realm of logic in Hegelian thought and drive the historical unfolding of the aesthetic. In a foundational move, Hegel hypostatizes the aesthetic entanglement of built and linguistic form as the colossus of Memnon, an African warrior memorialized in ancient architecture, myth, and art. Reaching for freedom, the Memnon marks the architectonic modality through which the African slave, at the telos of history, will fulfill the spiritual promise of the human and bring about the politically mature state. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The book examines the syncretic figure of the Memnon and slave across Hegel's lecture courses, the\u003ci\u003e Phenomenology of Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e Philosophy of Right\u003c\/i\u003e. Ultimately the book calls for a reassessment of a range of Hegelian philosophemes across disciplines in the humanities. This book will be of particular interest to scholars in philosophy, postcolonial and African studies, political theory, architecture, and historiography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hassanaly Ladha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350105791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350105799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2021","brand":"Hassanaly Ladha","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153597706495,"sku":"9781350105799","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dddae3b4-c405-4141-bd5d-33b6aa2dc7f5.jpg?v=1770784555","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-architecture-of-freedom-hassanaly-ladha-9781350105799","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}