Nationell befrielse & självständighet, postkolonialism

'This century's most compelling theorist of racism and colonialism' Angela Davis Written at the height of the Algerian war for independence from French colonial rule and first published in 1961, Frantz Fanon's Wretched of the Earth has provided in...

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The seminal work that has redefined our understanding of colonialism and empire, with a preface by the author 'Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious' Observer 'Magisterial' Terry Eagleton In this highly-acclaimed work, Edward Said surveys the histor...

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Minnet av Förintelsen, den ultimata grymheten i Tysklands folkmord på judar, har format det västerländska politiska och moraliska medvetandet i efterkrigstiden. Men för en majoritet av världens befolkning, det vill säga en icke-vit befolkning, är ...

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Konflikten mellan judar och palestinier över rätten till området Palestina har pågått i mer än hundra år.¿Lika länge har diskussionen pågått om hur den mest rättvisande ska beskrivas. I Hundraårskriget mot Palestina hävdar den palestinsk-amerikans...

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Ett av de stora verken om rasism och kolonialism Frantz Fanon skrev sin klassiska uppgörelse med kolonialismen mitt under kriget i Algeriet [1954-1962], där han själv aktivt tog del i motståndsrörelsens väpnade kamp. Jordens fördömda är en appell ...

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A wave of internal conquest, settlement and economic growth took place in Europe during the High Middle Ages, which transformed it from a world of small separate communities into a network of powerful kingdoms with distinctive cultures. In this vi...

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What are the imagined communities that compel men to kill or to die for an idea of a nation? This notion of nationhood had its origins in the founding of the Americas, but was then adopted and transformed by populist movements in nineteenth-centur...

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A new collection of literary criticism and brilliant insights from one of the giants of contemporary thinking Who owns language? In Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas, Ngugi wa Thiong'o presents a series of essays that build on hi...

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Postcolonialism has become one of the most exciting, popular and stimulating fields of literary and cultural studies in recent years. Yet the variety of approaches, the range of debate and the critical vocabularies often used may make it challengi...

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'Readers accustomed to the precision and elegance of Edward Said's analytical prowess will not be disappointed . . . Those discovering Said for the first time will be profoundly impressed' Toni Morrison Following his profoundly influential study O...

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the world. 'A wonderful book' Rory Stewart 'Nuanced and deeply researched' Financial Times 'Not just a welcome corre...

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** THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ** A Best Book of 2025 for the Financial Times, The Week, Spectator, BBC History Magazine, NPR, History Today, Waterstones and Daunts 'A sparkling debut by an outstanding young historian' PETER FRANKOPAN 'Remarkable...

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*WINNER OF A PALESTINE BOOK AWARD* From the award-winning writer and thinker, an essential reckoning with the war in Gaza, its historical conditions, and moral and geopolitical ramifications 'Courageous and bracing, learned and ethical, rigorous a...

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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A THE ECONOMIST, HISTORY TODAY, NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORKER AND WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONF...

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A major work by one of the great public intellectuals of the twentieth century, The Question of Palestine was the first book to narrate the modern Palestinian experience in English. Edward Said's project to 'bring Palestine into history' was unque...

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'One of the most important writers of the French Caribbean' Guardian Édouard Glissant's most celebrated, scintillating philosophical work - which sets out a new poetic vision for the world 'We cry our cry of poetry. Our boats are open, and we sail...

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The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller on India's experience of British colonialism, by the internationally-acclaimed author and diplomat Shashi Tharoor 'Tharoor's impassioned polemic slices straight to the heart of the darkness that drives all empire...

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Personal, provocative and powerfully persuasive - an essential guide to what white feminism is, why it matters, and how we can put an end to it 'Thoughtful and provocative... It is a must-read' Roxane Gay 'A book to make you stop and think' Mishal...

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'A compelling novel about the tragedy of corrupting power, set in post-independence Kenya... Ngugi writes with passion about every form, shape and colour which power can take' Sunday Times After decades of British rule Kenya has declared its indep...

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To the colonized, the term 'research' is conflated with European colonialism; the ways in which academic research has been implicated in the throes of imperialism remains a painful memory. This essential volume explores intersections of imperialis...

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During the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, coloniality emerged as a new structure of power as Europeans colonized the Americas and built on the ideas of Western civilization and modernity as the endpoints of historical time and Europe as the ce...

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Av historiens tio största imperier har bara fyra varit västeuropeiska. Rasismen är idag mindre utbredd i väst än i resten av världen. Det var fler vita européer och amerikaner som var slavar i Afrika än det fördes afrikanska slavar till USA. ¿ ¿ I...

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A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR From the preeminent historian of 20th century Spain Paul Preston, Architects of Terror is a new history of how paranoia, conspiracy and anti-Semitism was used to justify the military coup of 1936 and enabled the co...

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024 Raw and radical, strange and beguiling - a love letter to Britain's breathtaking flatlands, from Orford Ness to Orkney, and...

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Decolonial Sweden exposes the social and political relevance of European colonialism to Sweden and its place in the world. It is a book that points to why and how Sweden is to be included in global decolonial struggles. Sweden is often displayed a...

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. In 1936, George Orwell volunteered as a soldier in the Spanish Civil War. In Homage to Catalonia, first published just before the outbreak of World War II, O...

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This book is a critical reposition of the study of military regimes in Africa. Documenting and delving deep into the reign and rule of General Mohamed Siad Barre regime in Somalia from 1969 up to 1991, the book puts emphasis on African agencies-os...

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The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West's colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the 'End of History' - that the global dominance of liberal democracy had ...

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