Criticism of the postcolonial perspective appeared perhaps as early as the perspective itself, but interestingly, it has not come from the defenders of the mission of Western civilization. These defenders are much more critical of multiculturalism which I believe is in significant ways different from postcolonial-ism since the latter critiques the idea of a coherent, historical subject – whether it be national or ethnic. I suspect the right wing in the West does not yet see the relevance of postcolonialism to Western society in the way in which it is impossible not to see the multicultural challenge to Western hegemony in the West. Rather most of the criticism has come from sources that share the critique of imperialism and capitalism. Within this camp, however, there are the friendlier critics who insist on the diversity of the impact of imperialism and nationalism; this diversity cannot be fully grasped by the origins of the perspective in colonial heartlands of South Asia or the middle east. There is also a much more hostile group deriving from a Marxist or radical persuasion – often from the ex-colonies themeselves – who denounce what they allege is the postcolonial abandonment of foundationalism (that there is a correct or rational foundation to judge historical narratives), of class – both as a product and subject of history, and of revolutionary change. Let me first turn to the relatively friendly criticism
Criticism of the postcolonial perspective appeared perhaps as early as the perspective itself, but interestingly, it has not come from the defenders of the mission of Western civilization. These defenders are much more critical of multiculturalism which I believe is in significant ways different from postcolonial-ism since the latter critiques the idea of a coherent, historical subject – whether it be national or ethnic. I suspect the right wing in the West does not yet see the relevance of postcolonialism to Western society in the way in which it is impossible not to see the multicultural challenge to Western hegemony in the West. Rather most of the criticism has come from sources that share the critique of imperialism and capitalism. Within this camp, however, there are the friendlier critics who insist on the diversity of the impact of imperialism and nationalism; this diversity cannot be fully grasped by the origins of the perspective in colonial heartlands of South Asia or the middle east. There is also a much more hostile group deriving from a Marxist or radical persuasion – often from the ex-colonies themeselves – who denounce what they allege is the postcolonial abandonment of foundationalism (that there is a correct or rational foundation to judge historical narratives), of class – both as a product and subject of history, and of revolutionary change. Let me first turn to the relatively friendly criticism
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