Postcolonialism
An Historical Introduction
Published on 3. March 2016
512 pages
978-1-119-28895-4 (ISBN)
Description
This key new introduction, by one of the leading exponents in the field, explains in clear and accessible language the historical and theoretical origins of post-colonial theory. Acknowledging that post-colonial theory draws on a wide, often contested, range of theory from different fields, Young analyzes the concepts and issues involved, explains the meaning of key terms, and interprets the work of some of the major writers concerned, to provide an ideal introductory guide for those undergraduates or academics coming to post-colonial theory and criticism for the first time.
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"The foremost postcolonial theorist in Britain" Times HigherEducation Supplement "In pursuing the historical past of postcolonial discourse,Robert Young makes a truly insightful and inventive contribution tothe development of the field. His intricate and exhaustive studyfinds its inspiration in the exhilarating events and ideals ofanti-colonialist struggle. Inspired by the imaginative spirit ofemancipation, Young argues that the great anti-colonial movementswere also transformative and hybrid moments that reshaped bothpower and knowledge. The fine achievement of this provocativeaccount lies in reviving and revising the remarkable dawning of theThird World as we emerge into the global conceits of the thirdmillennium." Homi K. Bhabha, Harvard University "Robert Young points postcolonial studies in new directions,paradoxically by offering a timely reminder of the field'shistorical beginnings in anticolonial struggles. This book combinesscholarship and polemic admirably in its project of situating andredirecting postcolonial studies today. It is a major work, markinga turning-point in thinking and research in the field."Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, Nehru Memorial Library, NewDelhi "Steadfastly avoiding the glib formulas and fashionable notionswith which Eng Lit is now awash, Young gives us instead ameticulously researched, soberly detailed set of histories - ofclassical European colonialism, international socialism, and arange of nationalist movements from China and Egypt to Cuba andAlgeria. The result is a timely portrait of the various unsavouryways in which the West has sought cynically to derail emancipationof others while prating piously of its own liberties." TerryEagleton, Times Literary Supplement "Young (Oxford) offers a panoramic view of the political andintellectual origins of postcolonial thought. Young helpfullysynthesizes a great deal of material. In addition to the canonicaltopics, he covers some that are neglected by most scholars. Highlyrecommended for upper-division undergraduates through faculty."Choice "Young does a brilliant job in laying the foundations for thefurther understanding of this urgent dilemma." Times HigherEducation SupplementMore details
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Robert J. C. Young is Professor of English and CriticalTheory at Oxford University and a fellow of Wadham College. He isthe author of White Mythologies: Writing History and theWest (1990), Colonial Desire: Hybridity in Theory, Culture,and Race (1995), and Torn Halves: Political Conflict inLiterary and Cultural Theory (1996). Robert Young is also theGeneral Editor of Interventions: International Journal ofPostcolonial Studies.
Content
1. Colonialism and the Politics of Postcolonial Critique.
Part I: Concepts in History:.
2. Colonialism.
3. Imperialism.
4. Neocolonialism.
5. Postcolonialism.
Part II: European Anti-colonialism:.
6. Las Casas to Burke.
7. Nineteenth-century Liberalism.
8. Marx on Colonialism and Imperialism.
Part III: The Internationals:.
9. Socialism and Nationalism: The First International to theRussian Revolution.
10. The Third International, to the Baku Congress of the Peoplesof the East.
11. The Women's International, the Third and the FourthInternationals.
Part IV: Theoretical Practices of the FreedomStruggles:.
12. The National Liberation Movements: Introduction.
13. Marxism and the National Liberation Movements.
14. China, Egypt, Bandung.
15. Latin America I: Mariátegui, Transculturation andCultural Dependency.
16. Latin America II: Cuba: Guevara, Castro and theTricontinental.
17. Africa I: Anglophone African Socialism.
18. Africa II: Nkrumah and Pan-Africanism.
19. Africa III: The Senghors and Francophone AfricanSocialism.
20. Africa IV: Fanon/Cabral.
21. The Subject of Violence: Algeria, Ireland.
22. India I: Marxism in India.
23. India II: Gandhi's Counter-modernity.
Part V: Formations of Postcolonial Theory:.
24. India III: Hybridity and Subaltern Agency:.
25. Women, Gender and Anti-colonialism.
26. Edward Said and Colonial Discourse.
27. Foucault in Tunisia.
28. Subjectivity and History: Derrida in Algeria.
Epilogue: Tricontinentalism, for a Transnational SocialJustice.
