Anticolonial eruptions : racial hubris and the cunning of resistance / Geo Maher.
| Author/creator | Ciccariello-Maher, George author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022] |
| Description | viii, 142 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | American studies now: critical histories of the present ; 15 American studies now ; 15. ^A1379062 |
| Abstract | "Resistance is everywhere, but everywhere a surprise, especially when the agents of struggle are the colonized, the enslaved, the wretched of the earth. Anticolonial revolts and slave rebellions have often been described by those in power as "eruptions"--volcanic shocks to a system that does not, cannot, see them coming. In Anticolonial Eruptions Geo Maher diagnoses a paradoxical weakness built right into the foundations of white supremacist power, a colonial blind spot that grows as domination seems more complete. Anticolonial Eruptions argues that the colonizer's weakness is rooted in dehumanization. When the oppressed and excluded rise up in explosive rebellion, with the very human demands for life and liberation, the powerful are ill-prepared. This colonial blind spot is, ironically, self-imposed: the more oppressive and expansive the colonial power, the lesser-than-human the colonized are believed to be, the greater the opportunity for resistance. Maher calls this paradox the cunning of decolonization, an unwitting reversal of the balance of power between the oppressor and the oppressed. Where colonial power asserts itself as unshakable, total, and perpetual, a blind spot provides strategic cover for revolutionary possibility; where race or gender make the colonized invisible, they organize, unseen. Anticolonial Eruptions shows that this fundamental weakness of colonialism is not a bug, but a permanent feature of the system, providing grounds for optimism in a contemporary moment roiled by global struggles for liberation"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2021050739 |
| ISBN | 9780520379350 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0520379357 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780520379367 paperback |
| ISBN | 0520379365 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | JC359 .C54 2022 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |