Here's my first stab at a definition of postcolonialism. I welcome feedback and nuance.
Colonialism: a system of racialized and/or gendered constructs that maintain various forms of control over another national or ethnic entity.
Neo-colonialism: a tragic trend resulting from the impact of global capitalism whereby new forms of control and domination supplant displaced political hegemonies, preponderantly by means of economic leverage.
Postcolonialism: an intentional, self-critical, other-sensitive modus operandi of pressing those in power beyond the unconscious or deliberate tendencies toward economic, political, cultural and religious hegemony.
Colonialism: a system of racialized and/or gendered constructs that maintain various forms of control over another national or ethnic entity.
Neo-colonialism: a tragic trend resulting from the impact of global capitalism whereby new forms of control and domination supplant displaced political hegemonies, preponderantly by means of economic leverage.
Postcolonialism: an intentional, self-critical, other-sensitive modus operandi of pressing those in power beyond the unconscious or deliberate tendencies toward economic, political, cultural and religious hegemony.
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