Postcolonialism

An Historical Introduction

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

Av Robert J. C. Young, Oxford) Young, Robert J. C. (Wadham College

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This seminal work—now available in a 15th anniversary edition with a new preface—is a thorough introduction to the historical and theoretical origins of postcolonial theory. Provides a clearly written and wide-ranging account of postcolonialism, empire, imperialism, and colonialism, written by one of the leading scholars on the topicDetails the history of anti-colonial movements and their leaders around the world, from Europe and Latin America to Africa and AsiaAnalyzes the ways in which freedom struggles contributed to postcolonial discourse by producing fundamental ideas about the relationship between non-western and western societies and culturesOffers an engaging yet accessible style that will appeal to scholars as well as introductory students

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Utgivningsdatum2016-10-14
Mått168 x 241 x 33 mm
Vikt839 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor530
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781405120944

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Robert J. C. Young is Julius Silver Professor of English and Comparative Literature at New York University, USA. A Fellow of the British Academy, he is one of the pioneers of the study of postcolonial literatures and their cultures, founded on an abiding interest in marginalized peoples and occluded histories. He is the Editor of Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, and the author of many books, including Empire, Colony, Postcolony (Wiley Blackwell, 2015), The Idea of English Ethnicity (Wiley Blackwell, 2008), Colonial Desire: Hybridity in Theory, Culture and Race (1995), and White Mythologies (1990).

Preface to the Anniversary Edition ixPreface to the First Edition xxviAcknowledgements xxix1 Colonialism and the Politics of Postcolonial Critique 1Part I Concepts in History 132 Colonialism 153 Imperialism 254 Neocolonialism 445 Postcolonialism 57Part II European Anti-colonialism 716 Las Casas to Bentham 737 Nineteenth‐Century Liberalism 888 Marx on Colonialism and Imperialism 101Part III The Internationals 1139 Socialism and Nationalism: The First International to the Russian Revolution 11510 The Third International, to the Baku Congress of the Peoples of the East 12711 The Women’s International, the Third and the Fourth Internationals 140Part IV Theoretical Practices of the Freedom Struggles 15912 The National Liberation Movements: Introduction 16113 Marxism and the National Liberation Movements 16714 China, Egypt, Bandung 18215 Latin America I: Mariátegui, Transculturation and Cultural Dependency 19316 Latin America II: Cuba: Guevara, Castro and the Tricontinental 20417 Africa I: Anglophone African Socialism 21718 Africa II: Nkrumah and Pan‐Africanism 23619 Africa III: The Senghors and Francophone African Socialism 25320 Africa IV: Fanon/Cabral 27421 The Subject of Violence: Algeria, Ireland 29322 India I: Marxism in India 30823 India II: Gandhi’s Counter‐modernity 317Part V Formations of Postcolonial Theory 33524 India III: Hybridity and Subaltern Agency 33725 Women, Gender and Anti‐colonialism 36026 Edward Said and Colonial Discourse 38327 Foucault in Tunisia 39528 Subjectivity and History: Derrida in Algeria 411Epilogue: Tricontinentalism, for a Transnational Social Justice 427Letter in Response from Jacques Derrida 429Bibliography 432Index 476