Description: After theSecond World War, nationalism emerged as the principle expression ofresistance to Western imperialism in a variety of regions from theIndian subcontinent to Africa, to parts of Latin America and thePacific Rim. With the Bandung Conference and the formation of theNon-Aligned Movement, many of Europe's former colonies banded togetherto form a common bloc, aligned with neither the advanced capitalist First World nor with the socialist Second World.
Review Quotes: "An important book."--Choice
"An erudite and brilliant work--one of the few books in recent years on politics, and literature, which deserves to be taken completely seriously."--Guardian "A brilliant polemic which remorselessly undoes some Western illusions about post-colonial societies."--Times Literary Supplement "A sustained and searching polemic. Ahmad's voice is one of the most important in the current critical debate."--Financial Times