Africa must be modern : a manifesto / / Olúfemi Táíwò |
Autore | Taiwo Olufemi |
Edizione | [U.S. edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 960.33 |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Modern
Philosophy, African |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-253-01278-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Why Africa must get on board the modernity express -- The sticky problem of individualism -- The knowledge society and its rewards -- Count, measure, and count again -- Process, not outcome : why trusting your leader, godfather, ethnic group, or chief may not best secure your advantage -- Against the philosophy of limits : installing a culture of hope. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465174403321 |
Taiwo Olufemi | ||
Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Africa must be modern : a manifesto / / Olúfemi Táíwò |
Autore | Taiwo Olufemi |
Edizione | [U.S. edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 960.33 |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Modern
Philosophy, African |
ISBN | 0-253-01278-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Why Africa must get on board the modernity express -- The sticky problem of individualism -- The knowledge society and its rewards -- Count, measure, and count again -- Process, not outcome : why trusting your leader, godfather, ethnic group, or chief may not best secure your advantage -- Against the philosophy of limits : installing a culture of hope. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792288103321 |
Taiwo Olufemi | ||
Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Africa must be modern : a manifesto / / Olúfemi Táíwò |
Autore | Taiwo Olufemi |
Edizione | [U.S. edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 960.33 |
Soggetto topico |
Civilization, Modern
Philosophy, African |
ISBN | 0-253-01278-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Why Africa must get on board the modernity express -- The sticky problem of individualism -- The knowledge society and its rewards -- Count, measure, and count again -- Process, not outcome : why trusting your leader, godfather, ethnic group, or chief may not best secure your advantage -- Against the philosophy of limits : installing a culture of hope. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813921603321 |
Taiwo Olufemi | ||
Bloomington, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How colonialism preempted modernity in Africa / / Taiwo Olufemi |
Autore | Taiwo Olufemi |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 pages) |
Disciplina | 325.6 |
Soggetto topico |
Colonies - Africa - History
Missionaries - Africa - History Democracy - Africa Capitalism - Africa |
ISBN |
1-282-53981-7
9786612539817 0-253-00397-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829399703321 |
Taiwo Olufemi | ||
Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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