Books

This book examines the complexities of Black existence and temporality in the context of globalization's violence, employing a decolonial poethics of global*Blackness. It offers new interpretations of coloniality and decoloniality by exploring the "problem" of Blackness.

Drawing on the methods of Michel Foucault, Ziai’s ground-breaking book traces the origins of development discourse back to late colonialism and notes the significant discontinuities that led to the establishment of a new discourse and its accompanying industry.

The book compiles academic reflections written during the first phase of the GPN Network (2022-2024).

Arturo Escobar, Kenan Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

It admirably deploys Foucauldian theory and methodology, demonstrating why its author has become the most persistent and insightful analyst of development from poststructuralist perspectives.

The volume critiques Eurocentric development discourse and reveals colonial continuities in contemporary development cooperation. It advances decolonial perspectives and practical alternatives to address global inequality in line with post-development thinking.