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Ambivalent liberation (from settler colonialism): Tariq Dana, ‘A postcolonial moment or colonial subcontractor?’ International Politics, 2024

08Jun24

Excerpt: Colonial and settler-colonial studies broadly agree that colonialism, anti-colonialism, decolonization and postcolonialism form a path-dependent chain. However, can the conditions of anti-colonialism and postcolonialism coexist in an ongoing context of settler-colonialism? Somdeep Sen answers this puzzling question by interrogating the nature of Hamas’ presence in Gaza. He concludes that while Hamas is a militant movement engaged in anti-colonial struggle, it has also built governance structures and institutions, resembling postcolonial statecraft. Nevertheless, for Sen, it is not either/or: he cautiously frames the coexistence between anticolonialism and postcolonialism within the long and complex path toward liberation.


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