Understanding Postcolonialism

Book Details:

• Author: Jane Hiddleston

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Language: English

• Edition: 2022

• ISBN: 9788131604823

• Pages: 208

• Cover: Hardcover

• Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches

About the Book

Understanding Postcolonialism provides a clear, accessible, and philosophical exploration of one of the most vibrant and debated fields in modern thought. This book offers a compelling insight into how colonial and neocolonial powers continue to shape our understanding of self, identity, power, and ethics through dominant discourses. Jane Hiddleston critically examines how postcolonial theory—rooted in philosophical traditions like Marxism and ethical critique—addresses ongoing inequality and cultural conflict.

The text delves deeply into the works of renowned postcolonial thinkers such as Fanon and Sartre, Gandhi and Nandy, the Subaltern Studies Group, Foucault and Said, Derrida and Bhabha, Khatibi and Glissant, and Spivak, Mbembe, and Mudimbe. Each chapter navigates different philosophical tensions and highlights how postcolonialism remains a crucial field of inquiry even decades after decolonization.

This comprehensive guide is ideal for students, scholars, and readers interested in cultural studies, political theory, and postcolonial philosophy.

Contents

• Introduction

• Fanon and Sartre: Colonial Manichaeism and the Call to Arms

• Decolonization, Community, Nationalism: Gandhi, Nandy and the Subaltern Studies Collective

• Foucault and Said: Colonial Discourse and Orientalism

• Derrida and Bhabha: Self, Other, and Postcolonial Ethics

• Khatibi and Glissant: Postcolonial Ethics and the Return to Place

• Ethics with Politics? Spivak, Mudimbe, Mbembe

• Conclusion: Neocolonialism and the Future of the Discipline

About the Author

Jane Hiddleston is Lecturer in French at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. She is an acclaimed scholar in literary theory and postcolonial studies, known for her interdisciplinary and ethical engagement with contemporary debates.