We, the Decolonized by Hl Beji
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.
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Ancestral Future
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Decolonial Ecology
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The Earth Gives, the Earth Wants
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Ch'ixinakax utxiwa
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Toussaint Louverture
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The Haitian Revolution
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Spheres of Insurrection
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Fugitive, Where Are You Running?
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Colonial Trauma
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Black is the Journey, Africana the Name
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Feminism in Africa
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Choruses and Counter-Choruses
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Dispositif of Raciality
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The House of Fantasies
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Struggles for Dignity
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Spectrology of Authoritarian Neoliberalism
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Doing Justice
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The War Against Women
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On Tropical Grounds
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The Caribbean Race Reader
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Texturing Difference
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Ibn Khaldun and the Social Sciences
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The Revolution Will Be a Poetic Act
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Resolutely Black
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From Ashes to Text
"An intelligent, original critique which exposes a new 'history of dependence' and the inability to change forms of consciousness following the independence won by many states in Africa when the quest for freedom that had nourished anticolonial struggles has been abandoned"
Jean Khalfa, University of Cambridge
"driven by a powerful, authentic voice"
The Journal of North African Studies
"powerful and unflinching"
The Sociological Review
Hélé Béji is a Tunisian writer and the founder and president of the International College of Tunis.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781509562664 |
| ISBN 10 | 1509562664 |
| Title | We, the Decolonized |
| Author | Hélé Beji |
| Series | Critical South |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Polity Press |
| Year published | 2025-03-14 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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