Being Anti-Colonial
ISBN-13: 9781998309016
Author(s): Jayan Nayar
Subjects: JP
Publisher: Daraja Press
Publisher Imprint: Daraja Press
Publication Date: 02-05-2024
Format: Paperback / softback
Availability: In stock
£23.99
About the book
Being Anti-Colonial�by Jayan Nayar presents a profound critique of the contemporary engagements with 'decolonial theory' and the popular usage of 'decolonisation'. This work argues that much of the current discourse within critical theory tends to overlook the intricate, essentially praxiological underpinnings of the anti-colonial struggle, thereby comfortably situating itself within the post-colonial status quo. Nayar's book serves as a radical call to authentically re-engage with the anti-colonial ethos, emphasizing the necessity to confront the enduring architectures of coloniality that define our present. Distinctly divided into two parts, the book first elucidates the conceptual groundwork to reconceptualise 'anti-colonial' as a philosophical stance deeply entwined with the fabric of the global (post)colonial reality. Through meticulously argued philosophical foundations, Nayar underscores the (post)colonial present as a state of 'resettlement', where the architecture of post-colonial world-making loses sight of its colonial matrices.�Being Anti-Colonial�is both an invitation and a challenge to the academic community to critically revisit and re-energize the conversation about coloniality.