Smash the Pillars: Decoloniality and the Imaginary of Color in the Dutch Kingdom

Smash the Pillars builds on the efforts by scholars and activists to decolonize Dutch history and memory, as they resist the epistemological violence imposed by the state, its institutions, and dominant narratives. Contributions offer an unparalleled glimpse into decolonial activism in the Dutch kingdom and provide us with a new lens to view contemporary decolonial efforts. The book argues that to fully decolonize Dutch society, the current social organization in the Kingdom of the Netherlands relying on separate pillars for each religious and/or racial group, must be dismantled.Smash the Pillars: Decoloniality and the Imaginary of Color in the Dutch Kingdom is written by Melissa F. Weiner and Antonio Carmona Báez and published by Lexington Books. ISBNs for Smash the Pillars are 9781498554268, 1498554261 and the print ISBNs are 9781498554251, 1498554253. Additional ISBNs include 9781498554275.