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Examines Talal Asad's (1991) investigation of the relationship between anthropology & colonialism. Prompted by R. G. Collingwood's (1939) notion of the logic of question & answer, Asad mandated a shift in anthropological preoccupation from the production of studies of European colonial occupation to the production of an anthropology of Western hegemony. Asad's contention that the narrative of colonialism should be comprehended as a narrative of the conditions of resistance is examined through a discussion of the construction of anthropological objects & the transforming effects of modern European authority in non-European locations. It is concluded that a historical anthropology of Western domination would essentially produce a historical anthropology of the postcolonial present. 19 References. Adapted from the source document.

Discusses impact of colonial independence on former colonies, including role of international organizations such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the UN. Some focus on anti-colonial and anti-imperialist arguments, and the role of nationalist movements.

The author presents a post-colonial analysis of issues emanating from Iraq to illustrate the inadequacy of analysis within postcolonial perspectives in the case of the attack on Iraq, & the inadequacy of a postcolonial analysis that is exclusive of the contemporary practices of neo-colonialism. The dimensions of the attack on Iraq, the intensification of capitalist abstractions by neo-liberalism, & American empire are discussed in reference to modernities, late stage capitalism, cultural & economic imperialism on the war culture that has become Iraq. In conclusion, the author argues that post colonial scholarship is required to fully explain the enabling role of the terrorist attacks on the US, & the role of Iraq for American empire building. References. J. Harwell