Postcolonizing the International: Working to Change the Way We Are (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780824830465)

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.

Contributors: Phillip Darby, Paul James, Gabriel Lafitte, Marcia Langton, Ashis Nandy, Edgar Ng, Sekai Nzenza, Simon Obendorf, Nabaneeta Dev Sen.

Author: Phillip Darby
ISBN-10: 0824830466
ISBN-13: 9780824830465
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Language: English
Published: 06/30/2006
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2006 pg. 196