Lurie and beyond

I didn’t see much of linkages between the novel, “Disgrace” and post-colonial theories of which I thus far have been familiar with. Instead I saw linkages more visible with sexism. But what I could pull out from this- that is, in trying to make connections between this novel and post-colonialism in any way possible-, though with a bit of hesitance, would be the attitude of professor Lurie, his unapologetic, uncompromising way of thinking by which he eventually loses his job, and the way it reminds me of the formal colonizer of Gabon.
Though Lurie admits his wrongdoings, when confronted, he’s not ashamed of himself(not that he must be) and refuses to, at least, try to be so. What people think is the right or wrong is beyond his principles and though he isn’t certainly going to be happy of the worst that can happen to him, he doesn’t try to fight back either.
This particular side of Lurie’s temperament made me think of that of the French government, who, despite of its brutal, merciless exploitation over Gabonese people, wouldn’t necessarily bend its knees but instead continue its acts in now rather subtle ways.
Though Gabon found its country back, and the French government acknowledged of its independence, does it mean that the French truly admitted what it did was wrong? Maybe they didn’t have to. After all, it was just a colony, they didn’t have to go beyond their principles.