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How colonialism preempted modernity in Africa / / Olúfẹḿi Táíwò



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Autore: Táíwò Olúfémi Visualizza persona
Titolo: How colonialism preempted modernity in Africa / / Olúfẹḿi Táíwò Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (368 pages)
Disciplina: 325.6
Soggetto topico: Colonies - History - Africa
Missionaries - History - Africa
Democracy - Africa
Capitalism - Africa
Soggetto geografico: Africa Civilization Philosophy
Africa Colonial influence
Africa Colonization History
Europe Colonies Africa History
Africa Politics and government
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Of Subjectivity and Sociocryonics""; ""PART I. COLONIALISM""; ""1. Colonialism: A Philosophical Profile""; ""2. Running Aground on Colonial Shores: The Saga of Modernity and Colonialism""; ""3. Prophets without Honor: African Apostles of Modernity in the Nineteenth Century""; ""4. Reading the Colonizer's Mind: Lord Lugard and the Philosophical Foundations of British Colonialism""; ""PART II. THE AFTERMATH""; ""5. The Legal Legacy: Twilight before Dawn""; ""6. Two Modern African Constitutions""; ""PART III. LOOKING FORWARD""
""7. Globalization: Doing It Right This Time Around""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""
Sommario/riassunto: Why hasn't Africa been able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Going against the conventional wisdom that colonialism brought modernity to Africa, Olmi Two claims that Africa was already becoming modern and that colonialism was an unfinished project. Africans aspired to liberal democracy and the rule of law, but colonial officials aborted those efforts when they established indirect rule in the service of the European powers. Two looks closely at modern
Titolo autorizzato: How colonialism preempted modernity in Africa  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-53981-7
9786612539817
0-253-00397-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910792433803321
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