Description
Imperial-colonialism is constitutive of 'modernity' - our way of being, knowing, and doing. British imperialism, in particular, was directly imposed upon all but a few of today's nation states. Yet its colonial past is obscured through national denialism and global Western hegemony, preventing an honest interrogation of its role in the racial patriarchal capitalism of today's global political economy. This paper considers the application of transitional justice principles to the problem of British colonialism, its past and its present. Using a decolonial feminist approach, this paper suggests the application of transformative justice principles - a theoretical extension of transitional justice theory and practice - of truth and reconciliation pared with material commitments based on reparations rather than aid, could support the overturn of the Anglo-supremacist narrative and material dependencies that have forged today's unequal political economy. In addressing British denialism and the narrative of Anglo-supremacism, this paper hopes to expand debate on how justice and equity might be achieved through the acknowledgement and redress of colonial harms.
