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Postcolonialism explores the political, social, and cultural
effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial
deconstruction of western dominance. This Very Short Introduction
discusses both the history and key debates of postcolonialism, and
considers its importance as a means of changing the way we think
about the world. Robert J. C. Young examines the key strategies
that postcolonial thought has developed to engage with the impact
of sometimes centuries of western political and cultural
domination. Situating the discussion in a wide cultural and
geographical context, he draws on examples such as the status of
indigenous peoples, of those dispossessed from their land, Algerian
rai music, and global social and ecological movements. In this new
edition he also includes updated material on race, slavery, and
postcolonial gender politics. Above all, Young argues that
postcolonialism offers a political philosophy of activism that
contests the current situation of global inequality, which in a new
way continues the anti-colonial struggles of the past and enables
us to decolonize our own lives in the present. ABOUT THE SERIES:
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Investigating the history of History, from Hegel to Foucault, White Mythologies calls into question traditional accounts of a single 'World History' which leaves aside the 'Third World' as surplus to the narrative of the West. White Mythologies has proved to be one of the most important critical works in post-colonial theory of the last two decades. It has engendered much debate and inspired countless critical responses. Twelve years after publication, Robert Young returns to the issues raised in this book to offer fresh perspectives and to reflect upon developments in the post-colonial debate since this text was first published. This has become one of the most important critical works in post-colonial theory of the last two decades. It has created debate and inspired many critical responses.
In 1990, Robert Young's White Mythologies set out to question the
very concepts of history and the West. His reflections on these
topics provided some of the most important new directions in
postcolonial studies and continue to exert a huge influence on the
field. This new edition reprints what has quickly become a classic
text, along with a substantial new essay reflecting on changes in
the field and in the author's own position since publication.
An essential read for all those working in postcolonial theory,
literature and history, this book cemented Young's reputation as
one of the discipline's most influential scholars and, as a new
preface by Homi Bhabha comments, made an original and invaluable
intervention in the field, leading even the most established
figures to rethink their own positions. Provoking further
re-evaluation with the new introductory essay, this second edition
will, like its predecessor, be a key text for every academic and
student in the field.
In this controversial and bracing study, Robert Young argues that today's theories on post-colonialism and ethnicity are disturbingly close to the colonial discourse of the nineteenth century. An original and exciting work.
Frantz Fanon’s political impact is difficult to overestimate. His
anti-colonialist, philosophical and revolutionary writings were
among the most influential of the 20th century. The essays,
articles and notes published in this volume cover the most
politically active period of his life and encapsulate the breadth,
depth and urgency of his writings. In particular, they clarify and
amplify his much-debated views on violent resistance. These works
provide new complexity to our understanding of Fanon and reveal
just how relevant his thinking is to the contemporary world and how
important his ideas are to changing it.
Frantz Fanon’s psychiatric career was crucial to his thinking as
an anti-colonialist writer and activist. Much of his iconic work
was shaped by his experiences working in hospitals in France,
Algeria and Tunisia. The writing collected here was written from
1951 to 1960 in tandem with his political work and reveals much
about how Fanon’s thought developed, showing that, for him,
psychiatry was part of a much wider socio-political struggle. His
political, revolutionary and literary lives should not then be
separated from the psychiatric practice and writings that shaped
his thinking about oppression, alienation and the search for
freedom.
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Alienation and Freedom (Hardcover)
Frantz Fanon; Translated by Steven Corcoran; Edited by Jean Khalfa, Robert J.C. Young
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Since the publication of The Wretched of the Earth in 1961, Fanon's
work has been deeply significant for generations of intellectuals
and activists from the 60s to the present day. Alienation and
Freedom collects together unpublished works comprising around half
of his entire output - which were previously inaccessible or
thought to be lost. This book introduces audiences to a new Fanon,
a more personal Fanon and one whose literary and psychiatric works,
in particular, take centre stage. These writings provide new depth
and complexity to our understanding of Fanon's entire oeuvre
revealing more of his powerful thinking about identity, race and
activism which remain remarkably prescient. Shedding new light on
the work of a major 20th-century philosopher, this disruptive and
moving work will shape how we look at the world.
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 topic * Details the history of anti-colonial
movements and their leaders around the world, from Europe and Latin
America to Africa and Asia * Analyzes the ways in which freedom
struggles contributed to postcolonial discourse by producing
fundamental ideas about the relationship between non-western and
western societies and cultures * Offers an engaging yet accessible
style that will appeal to scholars as well as introductory students
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