Postcolonial global justice / Shuk Ying Chan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chan, Shuk Ying, 1989- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality.

Decolonization.

Anti-imperialist movements.

Social justice.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"A new account of global justice that recovers anticolonial thought for resisting a neocolonial age. Politicians and activists today turn to the language of decolonization to call attention to such issues as cultural and linguistic decline, exploitative foreign investment, and global institutions dominated by superpowers. But does anticolonial thought really provide a model for reimagining world politics? The history of decolonization has not resulted in the liberating transformations that many envisioned. In Postcolonial Global Justice, Shuk Ying Chan proposes a new account of postcolonial global justice centered around the value of social equality. Drawing on the thought of Aime Cesaire, Frantz Fanon, Kwame Nkrumah, and Jawaharlal Nehru, Chan argues that a central theme in anticolonial thought is the rejection of hierarchy and the embrace of equality. These ideas from decolonization, she suggests, give us tools for critiquing contemporary global hierarchies and for rejecting postcolonial nationalism more concerned with policing its citizens than promoting their freedom and equality.Following the wave of postcolonial state-founding in the twentieth century, many in the West saw decolonization as largely accomplished-and yet global politics continue to feature hierarchies that resemble colonial relations. Chan investigates these new and persistent colonial hierarchies across three areas of contemporary world politics: international investment, cultural imperialism, and global governance. Exploring the changes needed to move toward a new, more equal postcolonial world order, Chan offers a vision of global justice rooted in the unrealized egalitarian aspirations of anticolonial thinker-activists, prompting us to rethink what decolonization may mean today"-- Provided by publisher.

"A book which uniquely aims to bring the work of postcolonial thinkers to bear on analytical approaches to global justice"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Decolonization unfinished : in search of a just postcolonial world order

Foundations of a postcolonial global justice : the egalitarian face of decolonization

Postcolonial global justice as social equality

Decolonizing the global economy : Nkrumah, international investment, and the problem of neo-colonialism

Decolonizing cultural globalization : Cesaire and the hierarchy of creator and consumer

Decolonizing global governance : Nehru and the question of global democracy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

069126161X

9780691261614

OCLC:

1522810994