Reviews and Interviews

Rivals: Misconceiving Asia

Oct 28th, 2009 | By Omer Khalid | Category: Reviews and Interviews

The mass of recent literature on the ‘rise of Asia’ largely focuses on the implications of this development for the West. It rarely stops to consider the impact on inter-relations between the Asian states themselves.

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The Return of History

Jul 23rd, 2009 | By Omer Khalid | Category: Reviews and Interviews

It is rare for a magazine article to spawn an entire counter-genre of polemic pamphlet literature, but American policy intellectuals have not yet tired of announcing the end of The End of History.

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Reading Fanon in 21st Century

May 26th, 2009 | By Omer Khalid | Category: Reviews and Interviews

Immanuel Wallerstein draws on The Wretched of the Earth to set out three central dilemmas for today’s anti-systemic movements. Questions of violence, identity and class seen through an anti-colonial lens.

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