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Political theories of decolonization : postcolonialism and the problem of foundations /
"Political Theories of Decolonization" provides an introduction to some of the seminal textx 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 overlooke...
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
c2011.
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| Crynodeb: | "Political Theories of Decolonization" provides an introduction to some of the seminal textx 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 ponted 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 theories 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 poloitical dynamics. |
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| Disgrifiad Corfforoll: | x, 214 p. ; |
| ISBN: | 9780195399585 |