Political Theories of Decolonization: Postcolonialism and the Problem of Foundations

by Margaret Kohn and Keally McBride

Political Theories of Decolonization provides an introduction to some of the seminal texts of postcolonial political theory. The difficulty of founding a new regime is an important theme in political theory, and the intellectual history of decolonization provides a rich--albeit overlooked--opportunity to explore it.

Many theorists have pointed out that the colonized subject was a divided subject. This book argues that the postcolonial state...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195399587
• ISBN13: 9780195399585
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"