Margaret A Majumdar
Biographic Data
| ID | 642408 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret A Majumdar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret A |
| FAMILY NAME | Majumdar |
| SIGNATURE | MAJUMDAR M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Portsmouth |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Routledge Handbook of Francophone Africa
The Routledge Handbook of Francophone Africa brings together a multidisciplinary team of international experts to reflect on the history, politics, societies, and cultures of French-speaking parts of Africa.Consisting of approximately 35% of Africa’s territory, Francophone Africa is a shifting concept, with its roots in French and Belgian colonial rule. This handbook develops and problematizes the term, with thematic sections covering:- Colonial …
Imperial identities. Stereotyping, prejudice, and race in colonial Algeria
Imperial identities. Stereotyping, prejudice, and race in colonial Algeria." Modern & Contemporary France, 25(2), pp. 240–241
Progress: Its Visionaries and its Malcontents
The introduction to this special issue on Progress: Its Visionaries and Its Malcontents sketches the background to contemporary debates about the concept of progress. It focuses particularly on the notion of political progress, or, in other words, a belief in the possibility of deliberate, concerted, collective action to change the world for the better. It traces how the notion of progress received a significant boost at the time of the European …
France after 2012
This book is not well served by its title, which might lead one to expect that the focus of the content will be on developments concerning France post-2012. In fact, the emphasis is far more on 201
The ‘Wretched of the Earth’ – then and now
This article deals with the importance of the thinking of Frantz Fanon, as a theorist of the Algerian revolution and the wider national liberation movement worldwide. It highlights his radically different perspective on questions of race, nation and culture, founded on the basic premise of the alienation produced by colonialism and the ways in which it might be overcome, notably his notion of redemptive violence. It assesses his focus on the ‘wre…
Progress, change and development: Francophone perspectives
Encountering Althusser. Politics and Materialism in Contemporary Radical Thought
The publication by Louis Althusser of Pour Marx and Lire le Capital (in conjunction with Etienne Balibar) in 1965 marked a real attempt to transform the theoretical premises of the French communist
The French Colonial Imagination. Writing the Indian Uprisings, 1857–1858, from Second Empire to Third Republic
This interesting book takes as its subject the French response to the Indian Uprisings of 1857-1858, variously referred to as the 'Mutiny' or 'The First Indian War of Independence'.It focuses on representations of these events in the contemporary French press, as well as in fiction and non-fiction works, published in subsequent years.These representations not only throw light on Franco-British colonial rivalry but, it is argued, illustrate the wa…
Bengal: The French connection
The subject of this article is the relationship between France and Bengal. It concentrates on the specific characteristics that distinguish the French connection with Bengal from that of other French territories in India. It briefly traces the history of the French presence in Chandernagore, before focusing on the early twentieth century and the important role that Chandernagore played in the Indian independence movement. It examines the practica…
Une Francophonie à l'offensive’? Recent Developments in Francophonie
This article traces recent developments in Francophonie in the light of the establishment of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie and a new institutional framework, examining how these may have changed the Francophone discourse and the nature and focus of its institutions and programmes. It also considers whether what was primarily an ideology has evolved to something more practical. It then analyses shifts in France's approach to F…
Postcoloniality: The French Dimension
Postcolonial theory is central to many scholarly debates around the world. Some of these debates have become rather sterile and are characterized by a repetitive reworking of old issues, focusing on cultural questions of language and identity in particular. Margaret A. Majumdar investigates the causes of the apparent stagnation of postcolonial theory in some circles, and provides an overview of the divergence between Anglophone and Francophone ap…
Postcoloniality: The French Dimension
However, it is not just the nature of the whole historical process of capitalist imperialism that is distorted through the isolation of this one part of it, European colonialism, and the substitution of this part for the whole.The privileging of the notion of colonialism also has the effect of exempting or exonerating key players in the capitalist imperialist process, as well as limiting its spatial effects, for colonialism deals only with the re…
The policy challenge of ethnic diversity. Immigrant politics in France and Switzerland
National crisis and national government. British politics, the economy and empire, 1926–1932
(1995). National crisis and national government. British politics, the economy and empire, 1926–1932. History of European Ideas: Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 294-295
Extra-European national minorities in France and the concept of European identity
(1994). Extra-European national minorities in France and the concept of European identity. History of European Ideas: Vol. 19, No. 4-6, pp. 647-653
Routledge Handbook of Francophone Africa
The Routledge Handbook of Francophone Africa brings together a multidisciplinary team of international experts to reflect on the history, politics, societies, and cultures of French-speaking parts of Africa.Consisting of approximately 35% of Africa’s territory, Francophone Africa is a shifting concept, with its roots in French and Belgian colonial rule. This handbook develops and problematizes the term, with thematic sections covering:- Colonial …
Postcoloniality: The French Dimension
However, it is not just the nature of the whole historical process of capitalist imperialism that is distorted through the isolation of this one part of it, European colonialism, and the substitution of this part for the whole.The privileging of the notion of colonialism also has the effect of exempting or exonerating key players in the capitalist imperialist process, as well as limiting its spatial effects, for colonialism deals only with the re…
Progress: Its Visionaries and its Malcontents
The introduction to this special issue on Progress: Its Visionaries and Its Malcontents sketches the background to contemporary debates about the concept of progress. It focuses particularly on the notion of political progress, or, in other words, a belief in the possibility of deliberate, concerted, collective action to change the world for the better. It traces how the notion of progress received a significant boost at the time of the European …
The ‘Wretched of the Earth’ – then and now
This article deals with the importance of the thinking of Frantz Fanon, as a theorist of the Algerian revolution and the wider national liberation movement worldwide. It highlights his radically different perspective on questions of race, nation and culture, founded on the basic premise of the alienation produced by colonialism and the ways in which it might be overcome, notably his notion of redemptive violence. It assesses his focus on the ‘wre…
The French Colonial Imagination. Writing the Indian Uprisings, 1857–1858, from Second Empire to Third Republic
This interesting book takes as its subject the French response to the Indian Uprisings of 1857-1858, variously referred to as the 'Mutiny' or 'The First Indian War of Independence'.It focuses on representations of these events in the contemporary French press, as well as in fiction and non-fiction works, published in subsequent years.These representations not only throw light on Franco-British colonial rivalry but, it is argued, illustrate the wa…
Une Francophonie à l'offensive’? Recent Developments in Francophonie
This article traces recent developments in Francophonie in the light of the establishment of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie and a new institutional framework, examining how these may have changed the Francophone discourse and the nature and focus of its institutions and programmes. It also considers whether what was primarily an ideology has evolved to something more practical. It then analyses shifts in France's approach to F…
Extra-European national minorities in France and the concept of European identity
(1994). Extra-European national minorities in France and the concept of European identity. History of European Ideas: Vol. 19, No. 4-6, pp. 647-653
National crisis and national government. British politics, the economy and empire, 1926–1932
(1995). National crisis and national government. British politics, the economy and empire, 1926–1932. History of European Ideas: Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 294-295
The policy challenge of ethnic diversity. Immigrant politics in France and Switzerland
Postcoloniality: The French Dimension
Postcolonial theory is central to many scholarly debates around the world. Some of these debates have become rather sterile and are characterized by a repetitive reworking of old issues, focusing on cultural questions of language and identity in particular. Margaret A. Majumdar investigates the causes of the apparent stagnation of postcolonial theory in some circles, and provides an overview of the divergence between Anglophone and Francophone ap…
Postcoloniality: The French Dimension
However, it is not just the nature of the whole historical process of capitalist imperialism that is distorted through the isolation of this one part of it, European colonialism, and the substitution of this part for the whole.The privileging of the notion of colonialism also has the effect of exempting or exonerating key players in the capitalist imperialist process, as well as limiting its spatial effects, for colonialism deals only with the re…
Une Francophonie à l'offensive’? Recent Developments in Francophonie
This article traces recent developments in Francophonie in the light of the establishment of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie and a new institutional framework, examining how these may have changed the Francophone discourse and the nature and focus of its institutions and programmes. It also considers whether what was primarily an ideology has evolved to something more practical. It then analyses shifts in France's approach to F…
Bengal: The French connection
The subject of this article is the relationship between France and Bengal. It concentrates on the specific characteristics that distinguish the French connection with Bengal from that of other French territories in India. It briefly traces the history of the French presence in Chandernagore, before focusing on the early twentieth century and the important role that Chandernagore played in the Indian independence movement. It examines the practica…
Encountering Althusser. Politics and Materialism in Contemporary Radical Thought
The publication by Louis Althusser of Pour Marx and Lire le Capital (in conjunction with Etienne Balibar) in 1965 marked a real attempt to transform the theoretical premises of the French communist
The French Colonial Imagination. Writing the Indian Uprisings, 1857–1858, from Second Empire to Third Republic
This interesting book takes as its subject the French response to the Indian Uprisings of 1857-1858, variously referred to as the 'Mutiny' or 'The First Indian War of Independence'.It focuses on representations of these events in the contemporary French press, as well as in fiction and non-fiction works, published in subsequent years.These representations not only throw light on Franco-British colonial rivalry but, it is argued, illustrate the wa…
France after 2012
This book is not well served by its title, which might lead one to expect that the focus of the content will be on developments concerning France post-2012. In fact, the emphasis is far more on 201
The ‘Wretched of the Earth’ – then and now
This article deals with the importance of the thinking of Frantz Fanon, as a theorist of the Algerian revolution and the wider national liberation movement worldwide. It highlights his radically different perspective on questions of race, nation and culture, founded on the basic premise of the alienation produced by colonialism and the ways in which it might be overcome, notably his notion of redemptive violence. It assesses his focus on the ‘wre…
Progress, change and development: Francophone perspectives
Imperial identities. Stereotyping, prejudice, and race in colonial Algeria
Imperial identities. Stereotyping, prejudice, and race in colonial Algeria." Modern & Contemporary France, 25(2), pp. 240–241
Progress: Its Visionaries and its Malcontents
The introduction to this special issue on Progress: Its Visionaries and Its Malcontents sketches the background to contemporary debates about the concept of progress. It focuses particularly on the notion of political progress, or, in other words, a belief in the possibility of deliberate, concerted, collective action to change the world for the better. It traces how the notion of progress received a significant boost at the time of the European …
Routledge Handbook of Francophone Africa
The Routledge Handbook of Francophone Africa brings together a multidisciplinary team of international experts to reflect on the history, politics, societies, and cultures of French-speaking parts of Africa.Consisting of approximately 35% of Africa’s territory, Francophone Africa is a shifting concept, with its roots in French and Belgian colonial rule. This handbook develops and problematizes the term, with thematic sections covering:- Colonial …
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