Prospect Top 50 Thinker of 2021
British Academy Book Prize Finalist
PROSE Award Finalist
"Demonstrates how a broad rethinking of political issues becomes possible when Western ideals and practices are examined from the vantage point of Asia and Africa."
-Pankaj Mishra, New York Review of Books
"Mamdani argues that the colonial 'define and rule' attitude towards ethnic or religious minorities lives on in postcolonial states. Such politicization of identity (you could even call it identity politics) often leads to extreme violence."
-Prospect
Product details
Publisher : *Belknap Press; 1st edition (24 November 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 416 pages
ISBN-10 : 0674278607
ISBN-13 : 978-0674278608
Dimensions : 13.97 x 2.79 x 20.96 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 57,313 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
40 in Political History (Books)
55 in Comparative Politics
90 in Political Freedom (Books)
Customer Reviews: 4.8
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