Politics and post-colonial theory : African inflections / / Pal Ahluwalia

• Autore: Ahluwalia D. P. S (D. Pal S.)
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.96
• Soggetto topico: Africa - Politics and government - 1960-; Democratization; Postcolonialism
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Politics and government 1960-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [142]-157) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Politics and Post-colonial Theory: African inflections; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Post-colonialism, post-structuralism and postmodernism; Post-colonialism and Africa; Post-colonialism beyond literary studies; Scope and organisation; 1 'Negritude and nativism': In search of identity; Senghor's negritude; Césaire's negritude; Critiques of negritude; Conclusion; 2 Decolonisation and national liberation; Frantz Fanon: the oppressed consciousness of the colonised; Edward Said and resistance; Fanon and Said: a strategy towards liberation; Conclusion ; 3 Modernity and the problem of the nation-stateThe crisis of the African state; African studies and the conceptualisation of the African state; Post-colonialism, modernity and the African state; Conclusion; 4 Striving for democratisation: The complexities of civil society and human rights; The rise of authoritarian rule; African perspectives on 'good governance'; The centrality of civil society; Human rights in Africa; The African Charter of Rights; Conclusion; 5 Citizenship, subjectivity and the crisis of modernity; Citizen and subject: the argument; Problems with the Mamdani thesis ; The complexities of citizenship and subjectivityCitizenship and subjectivity: post-colonial reflections; Conclusion; 6 Globalisation and post-colonialism: Towards the reconstitution of identity; Culture and globalisation; Post-colonialism and globalisation; Globalisation and inflections; Conclusion; 7 Afterword; Notes; Works cited; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This groundbreaking book makes sense of the complexities and dynamics of post-colonial politics, illustrating how post-colonial theory has marginalised a huge part of its constituency, namely Africa.Politics and Post-Colonial Theory traces how African identity has been constituted and reconstituted by examining issues such as:* negritude* the rise of nationalism* decolonisation.The book also questions how helpful post-colonial analysis can be in understanding the complexities which define institutions including:* the nation-state* civil society* human r
• Titolo autorizzato: Politics and post-colonial theory
• ISBN: 1-134-55905-4; 1-134-55906-2; 1-280-33607-2; 0-203-24429-X; 9786610336074; 0-203-18789-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808725103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II