The Colonial Present: Afghanistan. Palestine. IraqISBN: 978-1-57718-089-0
Hardcover
392 pages
July 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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Neil Smith, Los Angeles Times <!--end-->
"An impassioned plea by one of the world’s most eminent
geographers to displace the distorted imaginative geographies that
have so corrupted our representations of the Islamic world with a
geographical imagination that enlarges and enhances our
understandings. The long historical geography of the colonial
encounter in the Middle East is here laid bare in all its twisted
detail in order to comprehend the fractures underpinning
contemporary political impasses in Palestine, Afghanistan, and
Iraq. The Colonial Present is a ‘must read’ for
all those concerned for peace and justice in our time.”
David Harvey, author of The New Imperialism
"The originality and profundity of Derek Gregory's The
Colonial Present puts it at the top of my list."
Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of
International Law and Practice at Princeton; author most recently
of The Great Terror War (2003)
“Brilliantly condenses the multiple geographies of
colonialism ... so that their contemporary entanglements with the
flexings of modern imperial power crackle with intensity. Using
September 11 2001 as a political fulcrum, Gregory traces the
searing effects of fluid but durable cartographies of violence in
the intersecting wars in Afghanistan, Palestine, and
Iraq.”
Cindi Katz, Graduate Centre, CityUniversity
of New York
“Powerfully and persuasively argued. Passionately written.
A daring, brilliant analysis … Quite simply the most
significant book written by a geographer in some time.”
Allan Pred, University of
California, Berkeley
“The Colonial Present marshals concepts of
imaginative geography and insight from the spatialisation of
cultural and social theory developed in the past thirty years
… An impassioned but theoretically rich critique of the
‘war on terror’ and the wider Zeitgeist that it shapes
and embodies … Crucially, the book is a compelling critique
of and American Empire … This is a significant book …
Vintage Gregory again; enticing and provoking his audience …
There is no doubting that The Colonial Present sets both
standards and agendas.”
Environment and Planning D
"The Colonial Present is an important and politiclly
engaged book."
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