LEADER 05707nam 22009375 450 001 9910957009803321 005 20240311134431.0 010 $a9786611365974 010 $a9781281365972 010 $a1281365971 010 $a9781403984586 010 $a1403984581 024 7 $a10.1057/9781403984586 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342598 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000138357 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11146745 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000138357 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10100856 035 $a(PQKB)11772558 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8458-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC308210 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL308210 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10155123 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136597 035 $a(OCoLC)124039466 035 $a(Perlego)3496453 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342598 100 $a20151222d2006 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Dialectics of Transformation in Africa /$fby E. Bongmba 205 $a1st ed. 2006. 210 1$aNew York :$cPalgrave Macmillan US :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (X, 310 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781349533411 311 08$a1349533416 311 08$a9781403972118 311 08$a1403972117 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references ([213]-300) and index. 327 $aCOVER -- 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. 327 $aReligion and the Possibility of Peacebuilding -- On Āse-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. 330 $aA 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. 606 $aReligion$xPhilosophy 606 $aReligion and sociology 606 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government 606 $aEthnology$zAfrica 606 $aCulture 606 $aReligion 606 $aSociology 606 $aPhilosophy of Religion 606 $aSociology of Religion 606 $aAfrican Politics 606 $aAfrican Culture 606 $aReligion 606 $aSociology 615 0$aReligion$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aReligion and sociology. 615 0$aAfrica$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aEthnology 615 0$aCulture. 615 0$aReligion. 615 0$aSociology. 615 14$aPhilosophy of Religion. 615 24$aSociology of Religion. 615 24$aAfrican Politics. 615 24$aAfrican Culture. 615 24$aReligion. 615 24$aSociology. 676 $a303.4/096 700 $aBongmba$b Elias Kifon$f1953-$01616513 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957009803321 996 $aThe Dialectics of Transformation in Africa$94332992 997 $aUNINA