Introduction: on livnig with difference -- Race and the right to be human -- Cosmopolitanism contested -- "Has it come to this?" -- The negative dialectics of conviviality
Summary
'After Empire' explores Britain's failure to come to terms with the loss of its empire and pre-eminent global standing. It shows that what we make of the country's postcolonial opportunity will influence the future of Europe and the viability of race as a political category