Anticolonialism and Social Thought

Anaheed Al-Hardan is an associate professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Howard University. She leads the research program Afro-Asian Futures Past, which investigates African-Asian anticolonialism in the early Cold War period, in collaboration with the American University of Beirut, University of Ghana, University of Cape Town and the University of the Witwatersrand. She is the author of Palestinians in Syria: Nakba Memories of Shattered Communities (2016). Julian Go is Professor of Sociology and Faculty Affiliate of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture and the Committee on International Relations at the University of Chicago. His work includes, among other books, Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory (2016).

• Introduction: anticolonial history and social theory Anaheed Al-Hardan and Julian Go; Part I. Activists, Intellectuals, Movements: 1. Genealogies of anticolonialism: Aimé Césaire on alienation and under-development Arwa Awan; 2. Anticolonialism and national liberation: an intellectual history of Zweledinga Pallo Jordan Ayesha Omar; 3. An anticolonial critique of sovereignty: Radhabinod Pal on war and international order Ibrahim Khan; 4. Decolonization as transformation: Malek Bennabi's philosophy of liberation Mahmoud Al-Zayed; 5. Revolutionary women's praxis to bury colonialism, 1945–1949 Elisabeth Armstrong; Part II. Schools of Thought: 6. Palestinian anticolonial national liberation in the present Anaheed Al-Hardan; 7. Genealogies of auto-centered development: the afterlives of China in Arab developmental thought Max Ajl; 8. Anticolonial sociology in Latin America, 1950–1970 João Marcelo E. Maia; Part III. Dissident Sociologists: 9. Firing back imperialism from the peripheries: the anticolonial sociology of Abdelmalek Sayad Amín Pérez; 10. A. R. Desai's Marxist critique of nationalism and of the Indian nation-state: towards a reframing of sociology as social science Sujata Patel; 11. The ecological social theory of Radhakamal Mukerjee Joshua Silver; Part IV. On Method: 12. Anticolonial action across the black Atlantic: black feminist approaches to insurrection at sea Pyar J. Seth and Alexandre I. R. White; Epilogue Sudipta Kaviraj.

'A powerful and timely contribution, this volume recovers the rich intellectual tradition of anticolonial thought, illuminating its profound impact on social theory. Through incisive analyses and global perspectives, it challenges entrenched imperial frameworks and offers transformative insights for understanding and resisting the enduring structures of colonialism and neocolonialism today.' Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives and Professor of African Studies, Howard University