There is a crisis in contemporary postcolonial theory: while an
enormous body of challenging research has been produced under its
auspices, severely critical questions about the validity and
usefulness of this theory have also been raised. This Reader is
positioned at the juncture where it can address these
contestations. It makes available some of the 'classics' of the
field; engages with the issues raised by contemporary
practitioners; but also offers several of the arguments that
strongly critique postcolonial theory. Although postcolonial theory
purports to be inter-disciplinary and frequently
anti-foundationalist, traces of disciplinary formations and
linearity have continued to haunt its articulations. This Reader,
on the other hand, offers a uniquely inter-disciplinary mapping. It
is concerned with three main areas: definitional problems and
contests including the current challenges to postcolonial theory;
the 'disciplining of knowledge', where the multiple resonances of
the word 'disciplining' are all engaged; and the location of
practice where the relations between intellectual practice and
historical conditions are explored. Finally, since the guiding
principle of this Reader is simultaneous attention to the enabling
and constraining mechanisms of historical realities and
institutional practices, the commentary problematizes the writing
of histories, the formations of canons, and indeed the production
of Readers.
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