{"product_id":"intellectual-decolonisation-critical-perspectives-paperback","title":"Intellectual Decolonisation: Critical Perspectives - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Hull\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book puts contemporary calls for decolonisation in context. Featuring an interdisciplinary team of scholars from around the world, the book explores and critically assesses the diverse theoretical visions which inform calls for decolonisation of the mind today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary calls to \u003ci\u003edecolonise\u003c\/i\u003e focus less on politico-economic relations between states, more on culture and ideas. Sometimes museums are the target, sometimes universities or academic disciplines, sometimes entire legal systems. Commentators and activists speak out for, others against, \u003ci\u003eintellectual\u003c\/i\u003e decolonisation: decolonisation of the mind. But what is the \u003ci\u003ecolonisation\u003c\/i\u003e which intellectual decolonisation undoes? Under what circumstances can inculcation or acceptance of ideas constitute colonialism? As this book demonstrates, advocates of intellectual decolonisation give very different--indeed, incompatible--answers to these questions. Critically examining conceptualisations of decolonisation spanning a century and four continents, the book explores what is at stake in the choice between these theoretical alternatives. Some see the aim of decolonisation as truth, via the removal of distorting effects of power and bias. Others troublingly subordinate truth and knowledge to ethnic or regional identity, potentially paving the way for culturally authoritarian politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntellectual Decolonisation: Critical Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable resource for teachers, students and scholars seeking to deepen their understanding of debates about decolonisation of the mind. Individual chapters will interest researchers of the new right-wing, ethnonationalist political ideologies emerging in Europe, Asia and Africa. Originally published as a special issue of \u003ci\u003eSocial Dynamics\u003c\/i\u003e, this book is also a guide for anyone wondering what decolonisation is all about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Hull \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He writes on social and political philosophy, political ideologies, and intellectual history. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eDebating African Philosophy: Perspectives on Identity, Decolonial Ethics and Comparative Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 11.69 x 8.27 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48265034924253,"sku":"9781032853680","price":110.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/lA-Wjsc2iY9781032853680.webp?v=1785161455","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/intellectual-decolonisation-critical-perspectives-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}