David’s Reviews > Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment > Status Update

Thus far not sold on the "rethinking" of colonialism by the critique of James and Fanon. Scott does demonstrate that the James-Fanonian analysis of colonialism leads to a "vindicationist" view of colonialism that necessitates its overthrow through a "longing for total revolution," but I'm not sold on why we need to "rethink" that. Saying that it doesn't fit the postcolonial "problem-space" doesn't suffice.