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This book highlights important parallels between Carr and three influential figures in the first wave of post-colonialism-DuBois, Cesaire and Fanon-on the analysis of imperialism and the causes of war. Specifically, Carr's analysis of imperialism and war parallels the first wave post-colonial thinkers in two respects. First, Carr's work historically situates…
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Finally, if we are to understand the intellectual foundations of the post-Western world in terms of IR isms, then we ought to study the power/culture intersection well.
For these reasons, as this book does, it’s important to consider the potential dialogue between classical realism of scholars such as E.H. Carr and Hans Morgenthau, on the one hand, and post-colonial theorists including Frantz Fanon, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Aimé Césaire, on the other. Both sides have much to benefit from each other in understanding the phenomena of race, imperialism, and war.
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