ABSTRACT
Postcolonial theory is considered a branch of postcolonial studies, which emerged in the 1980s as a result of the so-called cultural turn. It primarily deals with the impact and aftermath of European colonialism on subjugated peoples. Frantz Fanon’s work draws heavily on Marx and uses his ideas to assess the conditions confronted by colonized peoples in their struggles for liberation. His work also borrows from philosophy, particularly existentialism, and makes extensive use of psychoanalytic theory. Theories of globalization as a sociopolitical process emerge primarily from the social sciences. Theories of globalization take many forms, but one can see some similar themes taken up in postcolonial theory. Immanuel Wallerstein’s work is an attempt to explain important processes of modernization and globalization that began taking shape after the decline of Europea feudalism. Anthony Giddens’s notion of a time-space distanciation is a central component of both his theories of modernization and globalization.
