Postcolonial Transitions in Europe: Contexts, Practices and Politics

Is the idea of a cosmopolitan Europe an oxymoron? This book explores the meaning and idea of Europe from different theoretical traditions, geographical locations and media perspectives to investigate how the colonial pasts still inform contemporary conflicts and political crises.

Drawing from the innovative, interdisciplinary and transcultural tools of postcolonial critique, the book contests the notion that modern Europe developed with clear-cut geographical boundaries. It examines how experiences of colonialism and imperialism were, and continue to be, constitutive of the European space and the very notion of Europe. It examines Europe as a complex political space, investigating topical concerns around its politics of inclusion and exclusion towards migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, as well as its take on internal conflicts, political transitions and cosmopolitan imaginary. This wide-ranging volume offers a diverse examination to the new crises that plague Europe today.