Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: Postcolonial Theory and Herder’s Anti-Imperialism 1
6. 1. From Epistemology to Aesthetics 23
7. 2. From Organic Life to the Politics of Interpretation 60
8. 3. From Human Restlessness to the Politics of Difference 95
9. 4. From the Location of Language to the Multiplicity of Reason 135
10. 5. From Human Diversity to the Politics of Natural Development 191
11. 6. The Aesthetics of Revolution and the Critique of Imperialism 246
12. Conclusion: Herder, Postcolonialism, and the Antinomy of Universal Reason 297
13. Notes 313
14. Works Cited 371
15. Index 389