The House of the Post-Colonial Spirits
Post-colonial echoes perfectly encapsulate all the wondrous things history has to offer to those whose minds are wise enough not to lose sight of the past and whose hearts remain open to all the many possibilities of the future.
Existential Battles: Culture Wars and Real Wars
Since political violence, in particular war, is a quintessential instrument of colonialism, the praeter-colonial mind would be remiss not to inquire into its nature and changing character.
The Reluctant Empire: The United States and America
America, the continent, has always been a place to welcome those who decided that staying put was not going to cut it.
The Grand Inquest of the World: British Imperialism and Europe
We don’t need to get rid of the British Museum, what we need is more British Museums around the world, where kids of all places can access this kind of knowledge in their own towns.
New Book – The Praeter-Colonial Mind: An Intellectual Journey Through the Back Alleys of Empire
The Praeter-Colonial Mind attempts to understand the ways in which the lingering legacies of imperialism play a key role in today’s postcolonial societies.
Interview – Vineet Thakur
Vineet Thakur highlights an alternative theory of the development of international relations, accounting for the previously omitted roles of non-Western actors and women.
Review – Empires of Eurasia
Mankoff’s geographical focus captures the dynamics of the region well, though this highlights the usual traits and his analysis would benefit from more local insight.
Failing in the Reflexive and Collaborative Turns: Empire, Colonialism, Gender and the Impossibilities of North-South Collaborations
As Postcolonial Theory becomes accepted in the mainstream, how do we control the means through which academia aims to re-invent its as only seemingly more benign?
Review – The Bivocal Nation
Batiashvili explores Georgian statehood and history by evaluating Georgian national narratives and ‘bivocality’ to understand how the modern nation has been formed.
Interview – Julian Go
Prof. Go discusses social theory, the need for a ‘third wave’ of postcolonial thought, the dangers of American exceptionalism and identifies the patterns of empire.
