04081nam 22006735 450 991095905390332120240418005512.09780300164473030016447510.12987/9780300164473(CKB)2550000000105003(StDuBDS)AH23050152(SSID)ssj0000719901(PQKBManifestationID)11479659(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000719901(PQKBWorkID)10655551(PQKB)10682117(DE-B1597)485825(OCoLC)49414696(DE-B1597)9780300164473(MiAaPQ)EBC3420952(Perlego)1089958(EXLCZ)99255000000010500320200424h19941994 fg engur|||||||||||txtccrThe African Colonial State in Comparative Perspective /Crawford Young1st ed.New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1994]©19941 online resource (368 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780300058024 0300058020 Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1. Bula Matari and the Contemporary African Crisis -- 2. On the State -- 3. The Nature and Genesis of the Colonial State -- 4. Constructing Bula Matari -- 5. The Colonial State Institutionalized -- 6. Toward African Independence -- 7, The Ambiguous Challenge of Civil Society -- 8, The Imperial Legacy and State Traditions -- 9. The Afterlife of the African Colonial State: Concluding Reflections -- Notes -- IndexIn this comprehensive and original study, a distinguished specialist and scholar of African affairs argues that the current crisis in African development can be traced directly to European colonial rule, which left the continent with a "singularly difficult legacy" that is unique in modern history.Crawford Young proposes a new conception of the state, weighing the different characteristics of earlier European empires (including those of Holland, Portugal, England, and Venice) and distilling their common qualities. He then presents a concise and wide-ranging history of colonization in Africa, from the era of construction through consolidation and decolonization. Young argues that several qualities combined to make the European colonial experience in Africa distinctive. The high number of nations competing for power around the continent and the necessity to achieve effective occupation swiftly yet make the colonies self-financing drove colonial powers toward policies of "ruthless extractive action." The persistent, virulent racism that established a distance between rulers and subjects was especially central to African colonial history.Young concludes by turning his sights to other regions of the once-colonized world, comparing the fates of former African colonies to their counterparts elsewhere. In tracing both the overarching traits and variations in African colonial states, he makes a strong case that colonialism has played a critical role in shaping the fate of this troubled continent.ColoniesHistoryAfricaColoniesHistoryAdministrationAfricaPolitical ScienceHILCCLaw, Politics & GovernmentHILCCColonialism & PostcolonialismHILCCAfricaPolitics and governmentElectronic books.lcshColoniesHistoryColoniesHistoryAdministrationPolitical ScienceLaw, Politics & GovernmentColonialism & Postcolonialism325/.314/096Young Crawford, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut244923DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910959053903321African colonial state in comparative perspective1299261UNINA03673nam 2200745Ia 450 991095766630332120251208213637.01-136-97331-11-283-51954-297866138319960-203-85198-61-136-97332-X10.4324/9780203851982(CKB)2670000000230846(EBL)987863(OCoLC)804661596(SSID)ssj0000745498(PQKBManifestationID)12341991(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000745498(PQKBWorkID)10852633(PQKB)10291127(SSID)ssj0000741586(PQKBManifestationID)11421349(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000741586(PQKBWorkID)10737798(PQKB)10475101(OCoLC)761159235(MiAaPQ)EBC987863(Au-PeEL)EBL987863(CaPaEBR)ebr10589027(CaONFJC)MIL383199(FINmELB)ELB139914(EXLCZ)99267000000023084620091027d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOn courage /Geoffrey Scarre1st ed.Abingdon, Oxon ;New York Routledge20101 online resource (193 p.)Thinking in actionDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-47113-3 0-415-47106-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-173) and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Locating Courage One; A virtue for all seasons; Courage as a virtue; Courage and reason; Rival paradigms of courage: Siegfried and John Wayne; Physical and moral courage; The Reality of Courage Two; Courage, true and false; How to be courageous without knowing it; Courage and the explanation of action; Courage: will and spirit; Archbishop Cranmer; Cardinal Virtue or Macho Vice? Three; "Mars is for men, Venus is for women"; Courage and patience; Why take risks?; Cardinal and special courage; Fortitude Four; Courage and fortitudeFortitude and the selfPatience revisited; Should we be stoical?; General Grant; Courage and Goodness Five; Can we courageously do wrong?; "Bad courage": for and against; The intrinsic worthiness of courage; Bauhn and Foot on "bad courage"; Against the unity of the virtues; Mercutio; Courage: An Outdated Virtue? Six; Courage as a goal, and the goals of courage; Modern courage; Whistle-blowing; Courage and the loss of meaning; Doubt, certainty and tolerance; Envoi; Notes; Bibliography; IndexWhat is courage and why is it one of the oldest and most universally admired virtues? How is it relevant in the world today, and what contemporary forms does it take? In this insightful and crisply written book, Geoffrey Scarre examines these questions and many more. He begins by defining courage, asking how it differs from fearlessness, recklessness and fortitude, and why people are often more willing to ascribe it to others than to avow it for themselves. He also asks whether courage can serve bad ends as well as good, and whether it can sometimes promote confrontation over compromThinking in ActionCourageEthicsCourage.Ethics.179.6Scarre Geoffrey537838MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957666303321On courage4463072UNINA