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Postcolonial Theory

Postcolonial Theory is a critical analytical framework within cultural and literary studies that examines the historical, social, political, and textual legacies of colonialism and imperialism, distinguishing itself from other critical theories through its focus on the epistemic, ontological, and representational consequences of colonial domination and its aftermath in both former colonies and metropolitan centers.

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12.3K

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2.1K

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Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference

R. Bin Wong, Dipesh Chakrabarty · The American Historical Review · 2001 · 9.4K citations

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The clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order

Long Range Planning · 1997 · 7.5K citations

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The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply

Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson · American Economic Review · 2012 · 6.1K citations · Full text

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Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom: Towards the Human, After Man, Its Overrepresentation--An Argument

Sylvia Wynter · CR The New Centennial Review · 2003 · 5.4K citations

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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order

Peter Evans, Samuel P. Huntington · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1997 · 4.9K citations

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Authors

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  1. JC
    Jean Comaroff

    University of Chicago, United States

    27 publications · 6.8K citations

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  2. JC
    John Comaroff

    University of Chicago, United States

    23 publications · 4.4K citations

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  3. WD
    Walter D. Mignolo

    Duke University, United States

    19 publications · 3.8K citations

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  4. JD
    James D. Sidaway

    National University of Singapore, Singapore

    17 publications · 3.4K citations

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  5. AD
    Arif Dirlik

    Duke University, United States

    17 publications · 1.9K citations

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Institutions

2.1K

  1. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    43 h-index

    134 publications

    17.7K citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    39 h-index

    103 publications

    6.8K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    38 h-index

    87 publications

    5.6K citations

  4. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    36 h-index

    58 publications

    4.6K citations

  5. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    35 h-index

    70 publications

    4.5K citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    34 h-index

    63 publications

    4.4K citations

  7. SOAS University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    32 h-index

    65 publications

    3.6K citations

  8. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    32 h-index

    76 publications

    4.3K citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 926 publications · 118.5K citations

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  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 250 publications · 35K citations

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  4. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    84 publications · 14K citations

    44

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  5. American Ethnologist

    AE · 69 publications · 5.8K citations

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