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OverviewLanguage, Culture and Decolonisation discusses the importance of language in decoloniality from a global perspective, and the decolonisation process from the disciplinary vantage points of history, politics, philosophy, and literary studies. The title makes original contributions to our understanding of how, in Fanon's words, colonialism gets under the skin of the colonised by taking control of a people's history, language and culture, and denigrating all three. The edited volume examines classic and contemporary arguments that make the case for the importance of indigenous languages, including creole, in the cultural formation and expression of one's identity, and in the formation of cultural ways of reading, against arguments that make the case for the appropriation and subversion of the language of the coloniser. French and English, for example, became the lingua franca of an elite pan-African intelligentsia. The book also shows how the coloniser, in promoting indigenous cultures and languages, may defuse and control potential political resistance, as we see in the case of the South African government and the Zulu nation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David BoucherPublisher: HSRC Press Imprint: HSRC Press Dimensions: Width: 16.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.500kg ISBN: 9780796926128ISBN 10: 0796926123 Pages: 370 Publication Date: 22 March 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Language and Decoloniality in Context-David Boucher 1.Language and liberation-David Boucher 2.'Decolonization and the Pedagogy of theOppressed: Circulations and Language in the Postcolonial World'-Caio Simoes de Araujo 3.Language in Africa and the Impossibility of African Philosophy-M.John Lamola 4.The place of colonial languages in Decolonial philosophy and practice-Brian Sibanda 5.The Need to Decolonise the Language of Personhood (?)-Mpho Tshivhase 6.African literature as Self-interpretive: the Prospects of Indigenous Reading Modes-Ignatius Chukwumah 7.Decolonisation and the (Im)possibilities of Literary Language'-Sule Emmanuel Egya 8.Revealing the Power of Language and Developing Theory from Historical Artefacts-Siseko H. Kumalo 9.Colonialism, politics of belonging and reinvention of African cultures: The case of South Africa-Sifiso Ndlovuv 10.The Turn to Tradition: Colonialism, Class and the Making of the Zulu Identity-Bongani Ngqulunga 11.The Politics of Knowledge Production and Publishing: The Case of the Zulu Society-Jabulani Sithole 12.Minority Language Revitalization: European Conundrums-Colin H. Williams Notes about the Authors and contributors IndexReviewsAuthor InformationDavid Boucher is Professor of Political Philosophy and International Relations, Cardiff University and Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Johannesburg. He has published on a wide variety of subjects, including colonialism and decolonization; international relations; history of political thought; British Idealism; the political philosophy of R. G. Collingwood; and, cultural studies. He has held visiting fellowships in Oxford, the University of Johannesburg, Canterbury University, New Zealand, The Sun Yat Sen University, Taiwan; and the Australian National University. His most recent books are The Limits of Ethics in International Relations (2009), British Idealism: A Guide for the Perplexed (2011 with Andrew Vincent), Appropriating Hobbes: Legacies in Politics, Law and International Relations (2018), and Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen: Deaths and Entrances (2021 with Lucy Boucher). Boucher is the editor of the Special Issue, International Journal of Social Economics (2019), entitled Social and Economic Injustices of Colonialism. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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