Political Theories of Decolonization

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-539957-8
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 508 g

First broad, thematic critical theoretical engagement of the political writings of postcolonial thinkers
Identifies major themes of "postcolonial political thought"
Discusses postcolonial political thought in relation to canonical Western theory

Recent scholarship in political theory has focused on the treatment of colonialism in the writings of canonical thinkers such as Locke, Burke, Mill, Diderot, Tocqueville, Smith, and Kant, revealing the extent to which the subject of colonialism and imperialism dominated the minds of great thinkers as the colonial project took place. While such scholarship provides fascinating insight into the possible problems of enlightenment thought, it tends to ignore the voices of thinkers who spoke from the position of the colonized. Political Theories of Decolonization will fill a gap in postcolonial political critique by serving as an introduction to theorists who struggled with the question of how to found a new political order when the existing ideas and institutions were implicated in a history of domination. Looking at the writings of Gandhi, Ngugi, al-Afghani, and Mariategui, among several others, the authors aim to explain how the work of these thinkers engage in thematic continuities--constituting "postcolonial political thought"--and add to liberal democratic understandings of political power, as well as illuminate how many of the central questions of political theory are imaginatively explored by postcolonial writers.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars of political theory, postcolonial political theory, democratic theory, and global studies

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kohn

Kohn, Margaret

McBride, Keally

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Postkoloniale Geschichte, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Political Theory and Decolonization
Chapter One: Postcolonial Political Theory and the Problem of Foundations
Chapter Two: Islamic Political Thought and Imperialism
Chapter Three: Grounds of Resistance: Land as Revolutionary Foundation
Chapter Four: Self-Determination Reconsidered: Revolutions of Decolonization and Postcolonial Citizenship
Chapter Five: Colonialism and the State of Exception
Chapter Six: The Philosophy of Liberation
Conclusion: Gandhi and the Critique of Western Civilization

Über Autor(innen)

Margaret Kohn, Assocaite Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto, and Keally McBride, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of San Francisco