The Dialectics of Transformation in Africa / / by E. Bongmba

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911138303603321
• Autore: Bongmba Elias Kifon <1953->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006
• ISBN: 9786611365974; 9781281365972; 1281365971; 9781403984586; 1403984581
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2006.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (X, 310 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.4/096
• Soggetti: Religion - Philosophy; Religion and sociology; Africa - Politics and government; Ethnology - Africa; Culture; Religion; Sociology; Philosophy of Religion; Sociology of Religion; African Politics; African Culture
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references ([213]-300) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 DEFINING THE HUMAN CRISIS IN AFRICA -- The Privatization of Power -- The Pauperization of the State -- The Prodigalization of the State -- The Proliferation of Violence -- CHAPTER 2 THE GENESIS OF THE AFRICAN CRISIS: THE MANIFESTATION OF A POLITICAL WILL -- Mamdani on Citizen and Subject -- Independence Opened a Space for Change -- Outworking of Political Will: Ahidjo's Political Philosophy in Cameroon -- The Single Party as a Mechanism of ; Political Totality -- Totality Over Subjects -- CHAPTER 3 RECOVERY IDEAS I: ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENTS, DEMOCRACY, AND GOVERNANCE -- Structural Adjustment Program -- Hopeful Initiatives: The African Union and Nepad -- Democracy -- Theorizing Democracy for the Future -- The Church and Democracy in Africa -- Good Governance -- Governance Is a Social Praxis -- CHAPTER 4 RECOVERY IDEAS 2: CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE -- Civil Society -- Christian Churches and Faith-Based Organizations as Civil Society -- The African Renaissance -- Defining the Renaissance -- Debating the Renaissance -- The African Renaissance in Global Perspective -- CHAPTER 5 TOWARD AN INTERSUBJECTIVE POLITICAL COMMUNITY IN AFRICA -- Wimbum Articulations of Intersubjectivity -- Subjectivity and the Political Community -- The Ego and the Alter Ego in Intersubjective Phenomenology -- Beyond Husserl to Genuine Intersubjectivity -- Intersubjectivity and a New Political Ethics -- CHAPTER 6 RETHINKING GENDER RELATIONS: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION -- African Women in Feminist and Gender Discourse -- African Widows: A Phenomenology of Eros -- The Erotic Is a Realm of Freedom -- CHAPTER 7 RETHINKING POWER IN AFRICA: RELIGIOUS AND THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES -- Religion and Society: Ambiguity and Promise -- Religion and Power in the Post-Patrimonial State.; Religion and the Possibility of Peacebuilding -- On Àse-Yoruba Perspectives on Power -- Theological Perspectives on Power -- Power is constitutive of being -- Power is derived from God -- Those who have political power must not use it for self-aggrandizement -- Power should be exercised in the light of human finitude -- Power should be tempered with the spirit of Christ -- Political power should be used to empower people -- Power should be used to strengthen intersubjective relations -- Leaders should use their power to promote justice -- Political power should be employed to promote freedom -- The dynamics of power requires a new theology of the future -- CONCLUSION: BEYOND PESSIMISM TO OPTIMISM: IN LOVE WITH AFRICA -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: A discussion of political and religious crisis in Africa, this book covers such topics as democratic transition, good governance, civil society and the African renaissance. Elias K. Bongmba proposes humanistic interventions centred on the recovery of interpersonal relations and seeks to understand the ongoing struggles in Africa.