Colonialism and Its Legacies |
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| Editor:
| Levy, Jacob T. |
| Contribution by:
| Alfred, Taiaike
Chakabarty, Dipesh
Dussel, Enrique
Eze, Emmanuel
Hsueh, Vicki
Kohn, Margaret
Mehta, Pratap Bhanu
Muthu, Sankar
Parekh, Bhikhu
Pitts, Jennifer
Schutte, Ofelia
Souza, Jessé
Young, Iris Marion |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7391-4292-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2011 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $136.00 |
Book Description:
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Colonialism and Its Legacy brings together essays by leading scholars in both the fields of political theory and the history of political thought about European colonialism and its legacies, and postcolonial social and political theory. The essays explore the ways in which European colonial projects structured and shaped much of modern political theory, how concepts from political philosophy affected and were realized in colonial and imperial practice, and how we can understand...
More Description Colonialism and Its Legacy brings together essays by leading scholars in both the fields of political theory and the history of political thought about European colonialism and its legacies, and postcolonial social and political theory. The essays explore the ways in which European colonial projects structured and shaped much of modern political theory, how concepts from political philosophy affected and were realized in colonial and imperial practice, and how we can understand the intellectual and social world left behind by a half-millennium of European empires.