The Postcolonial OrientThe Politics of Difference and the Project of Provincialising Europe
Vasant Kaiwar, Duke University
"Vasant
Kaiwar’s The Postcolonial
Orient offers a
sharp and perceptive Marxist assessment of a dominant concept in postcolonial
theory: that the histories and peoples of the formerly colonised ‘East’ are
utterly different from the colonising ‘West’, and therefore cannot be
understood by concepts and analytical methods that emerge from that ‘West’.
[...] a welcome contribution to Marxist scholarship in postcolonial studies. By
historicising postcolonial theory and also offering an alternative,
understanding of colonialism, capitalism, modernity and culture, Kaiwar’s book
gives us the breadth and depth of field we need to understand the complex
workings of capitalism with colonialism, ideology and culture."
- Pravnav Jani, Ohio
State University, Race & Class,
Vol. 58(4): 106–119