Postcolonialism Meets Economics

ISBN-13: 9780415287265 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 304 str.

Eiman O. Zein-Elabdin; S. Charusheela

Opis

In the last half of the 20th century, economics took over from anthropology the role of drawing the powerful conceptual worldviews that organize knowledge and inform policy in both domestic and international contexts. However, the colonial roots of economic theory have remained relatively unstudied. This book changes that. The wide array of contributions to this volume draws on the rapidly growing body of postcolonial studies to critique both orthodox and heterodox economics. The book addresses a large gap in postcolonial studies, which lacks the type of sophisticated analysis of economic questions that it displays in its analysis of culture. history, anthropology, philosophy, literary theory, political science and women's studies. With contributions from such leading scholars as R. Radhakrishnan, Michael Shapiro and Robert Dimand, the book brings two massive subjects together, making it a useful resource for students and researchers involved with economics and postcolonial studies.

Spis treści

Part 1. The Space of Postcoloniality Part 2. Economics as a Colonial Discourse of Modernity Part 3. Economics as a Contemporary Hegemonic Discourse Part 4. Toward a Non-Modernist Economic Analysis

O autorze

Eiman O. Zein Elabdin is Associate Professor and Chair of the Economics Deaprtment at Franklin & Marshall College, Pennsylvania.

S. Charusheela is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Hawai'I at Manoa.