We, the Decolonized
Beji, Hélé, Smith, Matthew B., Gana, Nouri
- 出版商: Polity
- 出版日期: 2025-05-19
- 售價: $1,070
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,017
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 220
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 1509562664
- ISBN-13: 9781509562664
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商品描述
We, the Decolonized is a passionate reflection on the pitfalls of the decolonial venture in postcolonial countries, with particular reference to North Africa. Hélé Béji shows that in many formerly colonized countries, the reality of independence took the form of elusive freedom, widespread disillusionment and the insidious survival of forms of domination bequeathed by former colonial powers.
Béji delivers an trenchant critique of decolonization: the saddest of all liberties, because it has not kept its promises. Those who had vanquished colonialism, vindicated civilization and struggled free from the yoke of illegitimate government found themselves ensnared in a new trap, having achieved emancipation without liberation. They remained entangled in a compulsive recycling of colonial impulses. To re-embark on the route to a truly free society, intellectuals and political figures must lead by example in acknowledging the reality of the past, adopting tolerant attitudes towards religions and embracing a new and secular democratic mentality.
Béji's important contribution to the decolonial canon will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the politics of decolonization in Africa and the Maghreb and in the Global South more broadly.
Béji delivers an trenchant critique of decolonization: the saddest of all liberties, because it has not kept its promises. Those who had vanquished colonialism, vindicated civilization and struggled free from the yoke of illegitimate government found themselves ensnared in a new trap, having achieved emancipation without liberation. They remained entangled in a compulsive recycling of colonial impulses. To re-embark on the route to a truly free society, intellectuals and political figures must lead by example in acknowledging the reality of the past, adopting tolerant attitudes towards religions and embracing a new and secular democratic mentality.
Béji's important contribution to the decolonial canon will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the politics of decolonization in Africa and the Maghreb and in the Global South more broadly.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
《我們,去殖民化者》是一部對後殖民國家去殖民化冒險陷阱的熱情反思,特別是針對北非的情況。Hélé Béji 表示,在許多曾經被殖民的國家,獨立的現實呈現為難以捉摸的自由、普遍的幻滅,以及前殖民勢力所遺留下來的統治形式的隱秘存續。
Béji 對去殖民化提出了尖銳的批評:這是所有自由中最悲傷的,因為它未能兌現承諾。那些戰勝殖民主義、捍衛文明並掙脫非法政府枷鎖的人,卻發現自己陷入了一個新的陷阱,實現了解放卻未獲得真正的自由。他們仍然被殖民衝動的強迫性循環所纏繞。要重新踏上通往真正自由社會的道路,知識分子和政治人物必須以身作則,承認過去的現實,對宗教採取包容的態度,並擁抱一種新的世俗民主心態。
Béji 對去殖民化經典的重要貢獻,將引起任何關心非洲、馬格里布及更廣泛的全球南方去殖民化政治的人的極大興趣。
作者簡介
Hélé Béji is a Tunisian writer and the founder and president of the International College of Tunis.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Hélé Béji 是一位突尼西亞作家,也是突尼西亞國際學院的創辦人和院長。