Introduction

Empire, Coloniality and the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union

Considers how the concepts of empire and coloniality are applicable to the “eastern enlargement” of the European Union.  Provides a comparative-historical definition for both and suggests that detached empire is relevant as a historical memory; contiguous empire and colonial representations of otherness are directly observable in European state-remaking today.

Released: Replika 45–46, 23–44.
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