Rescuing the Enlightenment from the Europeans: Critical Theories of Decolonization

In Rescuing the Enlightenment from the Europeans, Nikita Dhawan puts the critical project of decolonization into conversation with the Enlightenment. She explores the ethical-political challenges faced by postcolonial thought, which must be articulated using the very language of Enlightenment discourses on human rights, democracy, international law, sovereignty, and justice-even as these norms are subjects of postcolonial critique. Bridging postcolonial and Holocaust studies while also high...