Postcolonial Europe

List of contents

Introduction 1. Historicising postcolonial Europe 2. Postcolonial Europe regionalised 3. The nation-empires and their legacy 4. Postcolonial Europe in the time of crisis

About the author

Lars Jensen is Associate Professor at Cultural Encounters in the Department of Communication and Arts, at Roskilde University, Denmark. He is the author of Postcolonial Denmark: Nation Narration in a Crisis Ridden Europe and co-editor of Postcolonial Europe: Comparative Reflections after the Empires, Crisis in the Nordic Countries and Beyond and Whiteness and Postcolonialism in the Nordic Region.

Summary

This book presents an overview of the direct and indirect ways in which Europe continues to be influenced by its entrenched postcolonial condition, considering the distinctly European features of a range of global crises by which Europe is beset, relating to migration, nationalism, internationalism, climate change and inequality.

Product details

• Authors: Lars Jensen, Lars (Roskilde University Jensen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780367418045
• ISBN: 978-0-367-41804-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Key Ideas
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Europe, Cultural Studies, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence