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Postcolonial Nation-States: Nations without Borders

July 16, 2022
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In “On Nations Without Borders,” cultural theorist Hamid Dabashi examines how ideas, philosophies, and works of art travel beyond the political borders of postcolonial nation-states. Published in Global Middle East: Into the Twenty-First Century, his essay follows an unexpected transnational journey from the Persian prophet Zarathustra through Mozart and Nietzsche to Giannina Braschi’s United...

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Postcolonial Literature Beyond the Nation-State

May 8, 2022
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Hamid Dabashi’s “On Nations without Borders,” published in Global Middle East, examines how postcolonial nation-states remain connected through histories, cultures, and ideas that exceed political borders. His discussion traces Zarathustra’s movement from ancient Persia through Mozart, Nietzsche, English translation, and Giannina Braschi’s United States of Banana. By bringing Zarathustra, Hamlet...

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