Postcolonial Liberalism [Paperback]

This book presents an account of postcolonial liberalism, and argues the case for its sustainability.DO NOT USE - USE UPDATED LONG BLURB EDITED DOWN INSTEAD This book presents an account of a concept of postcolonial liberalism, and argues the case for its sustainability. This involves confronting the challenges to liberal political theory by claims to cultural and political autonomy and land rights by indigenous peoples, and the difficulties of indigenous leaders invoking appeals to liberalism. It also confronts the sensitive issue of how liberalism has been used to justify and legitimate colonialism. Ivison argues that in a globalised world which relies on liberal rhetoric, there is a pressing need to re-shape liberal thought.DO NOT USE - USE UPDATED LONG BLURB EDITED DOWN INSTEAD This book presents an account of a concept of postcolonial liberalism, and argues the case for its sustainability. This involves confronting the challenges to liberal political theory by claims to cultural and political autonomy and land rights by indigenous peoples, and the difficulties of indigenous leaders invoking appeals to liberalism. It also confronts the sensitive issue of how liberalism has been used to justify and legitimate colonialism. Ivison argues that in a globalised world which relies on liberal rhetoric, there is a pressing need to re-shape liberal thought.Postcolonial Liberalism presents a compelling account of the challenges to liberal political theory by claims to cultural and political autonomy and land rights made by indigenous peoples today. It also confronts the sensitive issue of how liberalism has been used to justify and legitimate colonialism. Ivison argues that there is a pressing need to re-shape liberal thought to become more receptive to indigenous aspirations and modes of being. What is distinctive about the book is the middle way it charts between separatism, on the one hand, and assimilation, on the other. These two options present a false dichotomy l£ã