
This book explores narratives produced in the Maghreb in order to illustrate shortcomings of imagination in the discipline of international relations (IR). It focuses on the politics of narrating postcolonial Maghreb through a number of writers, including Abdelkebir Khatibi,...

1. Introduction: Making the Case for Reimagination 2. Narrative IR, Worldly IR 3. Postcolonial Literature and the Task of (Re)imagining the Maghreb 4. History and Narration as Weapons of Decolonization: Kateb Yacine's Nedjma 5. Language and...