This paper critiques postcolonial theory's deconstruction of national identity and its resuling dehistoricizing tendency.While acknowledging the field's significance,we argue that its over.reliance on poststru...This paper critiques postcolonial theory's deconstruction of national identity and its resuling dehistoricizing tendency.While acknowledging the field's significance,we argue that its over.reliance on poststructuralist methodologies blurs its distinction from postmodernism and leads to the erasure of national identity's historicity and materiality,as well as the historical value of ant-colonial struggles.To counter this,we advocate for employing Marxist historicization to reassess national identity's vital socio-cultural role within specific Third World contexts.Analysis of cases like African nationalism reveals its indispensable function in achieving liberation,forging collective identity,and challenging imperialism.For postcolonial theory to regain critical eficacy and political ethical relevance in contemporary Third World struggles against neocolonialism,it must transcend its excessive dependency on poststructuralism.Integrating historicization as a core principle and strategically affirming national identity'contextual,practical value--understood as necessary strategic essentialism-is paramount.This approach revitalizes the theory's dialectical relationship with history and liberation praxis.展开更多
基金the research results of the project entitled“A Study of Contemporary African Fiction and Aesthetic Modernity”(Grant No.23XWW004)supported by the China Social Science Fund.
文摘This paper critiques postcolonial theory's deconstruction of national identity and its resuling dehistoricizing tendency.While acknowledging the field's significance,we argue that its over.reliance on poststructuralist methodologies blurs its distinction from postmodernism and leads to the erasure of national identity's historicity and materiality,as well as the historical value of ant-colonial struggles.To counter this,we advocate for employing Marxist historicization to reassess national identity's vital socio-cultural role within specific Third World contexts.Analysis of cases like African nationalism reveals its indispensable function in achieving liberation,forging collective identity,and challenging imperialism.For postcolonial theory to regain critical eficacy and political ethical relevance in contemporary Third World struggles against neocolonialism,it must transcend its excessive dependency on poststructuralism.Integrating historicization as a core principle and strategically affirming national identity'contextual,practical value--understood as necessary strategic essentialism-is paramount.This approach revitalizes the theory's dialectical relationship with history and liberation praxis.
