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Disavowing history

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  • Miranda Johnson

    (University of Otago, New Zealand)

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If the secession of formerly colonized countries from large imperial units is a story of political hope, the central actors in Quinn Slobodian’s story perceive the opportunities provided by the proliferation of new jurisdictions following decolonization very differently. According to the “market radicals†of the late 20th and 21st centuries, the break-up of empire is not a story of the potential for the democratization of politics and history-writing. Their ideas do however offer critiques of modernity. In this commentary, I convene critics of modernity – anticolonial leaders, historians of decolonization and the aftermath of empire, Indigenous and tribal peoples and their historians, and decolonial thinkers – in conversation with the capitalist adventurers of Slobodian’s tale, via an exploration of the limits and possibilities of history-writing and the politics of historicist discourse.

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  • Miranda Johnson, 2024. "Disavowing history," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 56(7), pages 2033-2038, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:56:y:2024:i:7:p:2033-2038
    DOI: 10.1177/0308518X241285292
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