Writing in 1984, before the termpostcolonialism'had wide academic currency, I de® ned it as
the self-determining will of decolonised peoples to protect their cultures from western …

There must surely be in existence somewhere a secret handbook for aspiring postcolonial
theorists, whose second rule reads:'Begin your essay by calling into question the whole …

This article proposes that there is a category error at the heart of 'postcolonial studies' as an
academic field. There has been a notable failure in the field to situate the historical projects …

Gyan Prakash lence seek to undo the totalizing narrative of European colonialism; their
purpose is to show that colonial power and subjects were constituted and contested in the …

I take up brie y below two questions that have become increasingly dif® cult to avoid for
those who have witnessed the rapid expansion of the domain of the postcolonial in …

The extent to which postcolonialism has permeated social theory has led to a situation
where it is now necessary and possible to analyse the implications of postcolonial readings …

Postcolonialism is a difficult and contested term not least because it is far from clear that
colonialism has been relegated to the past. Its meaning is not limited to 'after-colonialism'but …

In the last decade, the terms 'decolonial'and 'decoloniality'have been deployed in an
expansive manner and have gained increasing traction across many theoretical and political …

A general introduction to the subject (s) of “imperialism, colonialism and postcolonialism”
ought to be a fairly straightforward matter of marshaling the best, or most influential …

This article seeks to view colonialism in a historical perspective, including the perspective of
the future. It argues that, in spite of the devastation it has wrought globally, colonialism has …