Postcolonizing the International: Working to Change the Way We Are (Writing Past Colonialism) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824830067 ISBN 13: 9780824830069

Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press, 2006

Synopsis

Postcolonizing the International brings post-colonialism directly into engagement with contemporary international studies, while at the same time reflecting back on the discourse, noting certain blindspots and shortcomings in critique. Reversing the established agenda, it begins with the position of non-European societies and the legacies of colonialism. Two companion essays on knowledge formations about the international and the changing nature of the political are followed by challenging reinterpretations of contemporary global politics focusing on race, skewed development, cultural difference, and everyday life. Individual chapters speak to the significance of consumption and commodification, the need for redirecting Western development stategies, initiatives of the Tibetan cabinet in exile, and sexuality as metaphor.

About this title

About the Author

Phillip Darby is director of the Institute of Postcolonial Studies and reader in international relations at the University of Melbourne.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824830067
• ISBN 13: 9780824830069
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Darby Phillip