Identity in the Colonial Lands: A Critical Overview of the Postcolonial Studies

Post-colonialism, being an academic shuttle that we can call new is an interdisciplinary movement that attempts to reshape the past, the present and the future of those colonized countries. While its point of departure was analysing the lost identities, labours, languages.... Etc and making a counter attack from the academic angle, it moved beyond the point of departure and turned out to be a rich and multilateral interdisciplinary area under which one can probe into many concepts and issues with new approaches and views. For example, the concept of nationalism, race, identity, and language, marginality are all being delved into, each time deciphering new things through postcolonial academic studies. If we wish to categorize Post-colonialism in terms of the issues it preoccupies, we shall discern that it has an affiliation with many disciplinary branches ranging from philosophy, sociology, psychology (with its sub branches), international affairs, economy, history...etc.