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<p>Decolonizing Anarchism examines the history of South Asian <br/>struggles against colonialism and neocolonialism, highlighting <br/>lesser-known dissidents as well as iconic figures. What emerges is an <br/>alternate narrative of decolonization, in which liberation is not <br/>defined by the achievement of a nation-state. Author Maia Ramnath <br/>suggests that the anarchist vision of an alternate society closely <br/>echoes the concept of total decolonization on the political, economic, <br/>social, cultural, and psychological planes. Decolonizing Anarchism<br/> facilitates more than a reinterpretation of the history of <br/>anticolonialism; it also supplies insight into the meaning of anarchism <br/>itself.</p><br/><p>Praise for Decolonizing Anarchism:</p><br/><p>“Maia Ramnath offers a refreshingly different perspective on <br/>anticolonial movements in India, not only by focusing on <br/>little-remembered anarchist exiles such as Har Dayal, Mukerji and <br/>Acharya but more important, highlighting the persistent trend that <br/>sought to strengthen autonomous local communities against the modern <br/>nation-state. A superbly original book.”—Partha Chatterjee, author of Lineages of Political Society: Studies in Post-colonial Democracy <br><br><br/> “[Ramnath] audaciously reframes the dominant narrative of Indian <br/>radicalism by detailing its explosive and ongoing symbiosis with <br/>decolonial anarchism.”—Dylan Rodríguez, author of Suspended Apocalypse: White Supremacy, Genocide, and the Filipino Condition</p><br/><p>&nbsp;</p>