How they Colonised Beauty. And How We Get it Back.

Beauty, aesthetics, philosophy and postcolonialism

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Emma Dabiri
Aug 10, 2025
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When I was researching my 2023 book Disobedient Bodies , Sir Roger Scruton was one of the first names suggested to me by dint of his 2009 banger (it’s not a banger) Beauty, A Very Short Introduction. 

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