ABOUT THE BOOK

Discourse on Imperialism assembles Neferti X.M. Tadiar’s talks and writings on imperialism from 2001 to 2023, framing imperialism as a social, cultural, and political-military project that bolsters global capitalism. The essays map imperialism’s operations across political discourse, personal life, and art, alongside overt warfare. They respond to how imperial order shapes everyday thought, feeling, and community to entrench a crisis-ridden global system. Spanning over twenty years, Tadiar’s writings reveal continuities across US, Philippine, and Israeli wars and connect diverse social struggles. It charts imperialism’s recurring acts and cultural logics while tracing resistance in people’s everyday struggle and organized struggle.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Neferti X. M. Tadiar is an interdisciplinary, postcolonial feminist scholar of Philippine cultural practice, social imagination, and global political economy. She is the author of several books on Philippine culture, literature, and social movements, and globalization; her most recent books are Life-Times of Becoming Human (2022), which won the 2023 Philippine National Book Award for Philosophy; and Remaindered Life (2022), which was awarded The ASA John Hope Franklin Prize as Best Book in American Studies in 2023. She is Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University in New York City. Tadiar is the founding director of Alfredo F. Tadiar Library, an independent community library, cultural space, and publishing house in San Fernando, La Union, Philippines.