本書是 Spivak 對「亞洲」概念所提出的重要反思，她拒絕將亞洲視為單一、可概括的對象，而是強調其內在的差異性與歷史層次。書中收錄多篇關鍵文章，從原住民、性別、都市化到離散經驗，交織政治現實與人文教育的責任，並反省理論在不同地理與社會脈絡中的侷限。Spivak 以細膩而嚴謹的筆法，提醒讀者必須在全球化語境中，重新思考知識、生產與倫理的關係。本書不僅是後殖民研究的重要文本，對關心後殖民思想、亞洲研究與文化政治的讀者而言，本書提供了不可取代的思考路徑。In this major intervention into the 'Asian Century', Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak challenges the reader to re-think Asia, in its political and cultural complexity, in the global South and in the metropole.Major work from one of the world’s most distinguished literary and cultural theorists Intervenes in the fraught issues generated by ideas of Asia Featured essays include “Foucault and Najibullah,” “Moving Devi,” “Responsibility,” and “Megacity” Other chapters focus on, among other things, Human Rights, and the turbulent "present" of the Caucasus Essential reading for anyone interested in postcolonialism, and devotees of Spivak’s writing
