Done with decolonisation? The perils and possibilities of a concept
Published online on April 29, 2026
Abstract
Race & Class, Volume 68, Issue 1, Page 32-55, July-September 2026.
Has decolonisation, as an analytical concept and political horizon, reached a dead-end? Some argue the term has been so overused – and misused – that it has lost meaning and should be confined to the era of formal empire. Yet, abandoning it obscures the ...
Has decolonisation, as an analytical concept and political horizon, reached a dead-end? Some argue the term has been so overused – and misused – that it has lost meaning and should be confined to the era of formal empire. Yet, abandoning it obscures the ...