Political Theories of Decolonization: Postcolonialism and the Problem of Foundations

ISBN-13: 9780195399585 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 224 str.

Margaret Kohn; Keally McBride

Opis

Political Theories of Decolonization provides an introduction to some of the seminal texts of postcolonial political theory. The difficulty of founding a new regime is an important theme in political theory, and the intellectual history of decolonization provides a rich--albeit overlooked--opportunity to explore it.

Many theorists have pointed out that the colonized subject was a divided subject. This book argues that the postcolonial state was a divided state. While postcolonial states were created through the struggle for independence, they drew on both colonial institutions and reinvented pre-colonial traditions. Political Theories of Decolonization illuminates how many of the central themes of political theory such as land, religion, freedom, law, and sovereignty are imaginatively explored by postcolonial thinkers. In doing so, it provides readers access to texts that add to our understanding of contemporary political life and global political dynamics.

Recenzje

Outstanding Academic Titles 2012, as selected by CHOICE Magazine (December 2012).

O autorze

Margaret Kohn is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Keally McBride is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of San Francisco.