Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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978-0-7425-5467-2 • Hardback • January 2009 • $121.00 • (£93.00)
978-0-7425-5468-9 • Paperback • December 2008 • $41.00 • (£35.00)
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Sankaran Krishna is professor of political science at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Introduction: Globalization and Postcolonialism: Hegemony and Resistance in the Twenty-first Century
Chapter 1: Intellectual and Historical Background: The Story of Unequal Development Since 1500
Chapter 2: Genealogies of the Postcolonial
Chapter 3: Exemplary Postcolonialism: Edward Said, Subaltern Studies, Homi Bhabha, and Gayatri Spivak
Chapter 4: Postcolonial Encounters: Islamic "Terrorism" and Indigenous Politics
Chapter 5: Globalization and Postcolonialism: Resistance Here and Now
An outstanding work of synthesis and critique, made even more valuable for its lucid, fair, and uncompromising discussion of postcolonial theories and thinkers. Because Krishna is able to move seamlessly between the political economy of underdevelopment and postcolonial literary theory and cultural studies, readers are able to grasp the connections among material, institutional, political, and cultural power on a global scale. This is an exemplary study of the power of postcolonial thought, itself written as a postcolonial text.
— Itty Abraham, University of Texas at Austin
Globalization and Postcolonialism traces two competing views of international developments—neoliberal globalization and postcolonialism—to their roots in earlier narratives of modernization and underdevelopment. The arguments are coherent, sparkling with ideas, and full of insights. This brilliant book points to new directions in research in international relations.
— Siba N. Grovogui, Johns Hopkins University
Displaying a truly impressive command of a broad range of scholarship, this beautifully written book is an invaluable resource for anyone who is interested in the theories and practices of globalization and postcolonialism.
— Srirupa Roy, University of Massachusetts-Amherst