Mitchell’s aim is a critique of modernity more radical than Derrida or Bourdieu allow

Evidence

The passages should also be read as arguments with the work of the contemporary theorists to whom they refer, such as Pierre Bourdieu and Jacques Derrida. The aim is to advance a more radical critique of modernity than their theories are usually allowed to support. — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 44

Categorization

• QUESTION: What exactly does ‘more radical than usually allowed’ mean for Derrida and Bourdieu — and does it succeed?