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jellyfishes's review against another edition
4.0
This is quite good. At the same time I'm not sure it's as revelatory as it kind of claims to be, but maybe that's because I've already read a number of the works in question/am quite familiar with (and convinced by) the global argument. I'd recommend for a lot of general purposes though.
douglasreaddimg's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
5.0
kumarhk's review
5.0
Phenomenal. Lisa Lowe reads across an incredible range of texts to build an approach to thinking through the relationship between European liberalism and the colonialism, slavery, indentured servitude, and dispossessions that define(d) the relationship between Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Lowe resists the urge to be totalizing in her analysis or to craft a grand narrative of history; rather, she precisely resists and refutes these to craft means of thinking through the intimacies of these four continents as a "history of the present". This book is not so much interdisciplinary as blowing disciplinary boundaries out of the water with seeming ease. It is certainly difficult and precise in its use of academic language, but careful attention to the way Lowe sets up its schema yields unfailingly powerful and creative analysis.
sheetsilicate's review against another edition
5.0
A fantastic read that led me to some introspection about the roots of the model minority myth and how it was created to construct a buffer between white, Black and indigenous folks upon the abolition of slavery in the US amongst other thoughts. Delves deep into the roots of settler colonialism and white supremacy presented in liberal arguments during the Enlightenment and Hegel. It’s the best non-fiction book I’ve read all year.