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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139145603321

Autore

Hansen Peo

Titolo

Eurafrica : the untold history of European integration and colonialism / / Peo Hansen and Stefan Jonsson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2014

ISBN

1-4742-5680-5

1-4725-4450-1

1-78093-001-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Theory for a global age

Disciplina

918.109235

Soggetti

Colonies

European federation

Europeans - Africa

Geopolitics - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Illustrations -- 1. Introduction: The Past that Europe Forgot -- 2. A Holy Alliance of Colonising Powers: The Interwar Period -- 3. Making Europe in Africa: The First Postwar Decade -- 4. The Eurafrican Relaunch: The Rome Treaty Negotiations, 1955-1957 -- 5. Conclusion: Ending Colonialism by Securing its Continuation -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"In order to think theoretically about our global age it is important to understand how the global has been conceived historically. 'Eurafrica' was an intellectual endeavor and political project that from the 1920s saw Europe's future survival - its continued role in history - as completely bound up with Europe's successful merger with Africa. In its time the concept of Eurafrica was tremendously influential in the process of European integration. Today the project is largely forgotten, yet the idea continues to influence EU policy towards its African 'partner'. The book will recover a critical conception of the nexus between Europe and Africa - a relationship of significance across the humanities and social sciences. In assessing this historical concept the authors shed light on the process of European integration, African



decolonization and the current conflictual relationship between Europe and Africa."--Bloomsbury Publishing.