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World Making After Empire

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Edom Getichus

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Mentioned in 3 episodes

Mentioned by

Anjali Dayal

as a fascinating book about how the General Assembly became an anti-colonial tool.

Is This an Existential Moment for the United Nations?

Mentioned by

Begüm Adalet

as a work that has significantly influenced the understanding of the appropriate scale of anti-colonial politics.

Infrastructure, Development, and Racialization

Mentioned by

PM Irvin

as an author who discusses the concept of self-determination in anti-colonial nationalism.

[BEST OF] W.E.B. Du Bois: Black Reconstruction in America

Mentioned by

Bernard Forjwuor

as a very interesting work with questions he took seriously.

Bernard Forjwuor, "Critique of Political Decolonization" (Oxford UP, 2023)

Mentioned by

Jessa Crispin

as an extremely good and important book that gets into UN Cold War stuff.

Recovered Panic

Recommended by

George the Poet

for understanding global political formations.

George the Poet on Combatting the War on Blackness

Mentioned by

Bradley R. Simpson

as offering a theoretical framework for thinking about anticolonial intellectuals.

Bradley R. Simpson, "The First Right: Self-Determination and the Transformation of International Order, 1941-2000" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Mentioned by

Begüm Adalet

for pushing back against the idea that anti-colonial politics only entails territorial and nationalist aspirations.

Infrastructure, Development, and Racialization

Mentioned by

Bradley R. Simpson

as offering a powerful theoretical framework for framing self-determination as a world-making project.

Bradley R. Simpson, "The First Right: Self-Determination and the Transformation of International Order, 1941-2000" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Mentioned by

Anjali Dayal

as a book that examines how the UN General Assembly became an anti-colonial tool.

Is This an Existential Moment for the United Nations? | To Save Us From Hell

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