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30. Was national liberation the scam?
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As a year end bonus, we decided to release this slightly controversial, somewhat theoretical debate we had about the pitfalls of 'independence' and the possibility that the very notion of a post-colonial nation-state -- i.e. national liberation -- was the foundational scam.
Is there anything to be said about the argument that independence was, in some cases, premature? Was there ever a chance that even a revolutionary (petty bourgeois) anti-colonial leadership would commit 'class suicide' and give way to a popular democracy? Or was the seizure of the nation-state from imperialists by anti-colonial radicals always a doomed mission?
Maybe we are asking the wrong questions here. Feedback welcomed.
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Manage episode 444865833 series 3607512
As a year end bonus, we decided to release this slightly controversial, somewhat theoretical debate we had about the pitfalls of 'independence' and the possibility that the very notion of a post-colonial nation-state -- i.e. national liberation -- was the foundational scam.
Is there anything to be said about the argument that independence was, in some cases, premature? Was there ever a chance that even a revolutionary (petty bourgeois) anti-colonial leadership would commit 'class suicide' and give way to a popular democracy? Or was the seizure of the nation-state from imperialists by anti-colonial radicals always a doomed mission?
Maybe we are asking the wrong questions here. Feedback welcomed.
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