The Dialectics of Transformation in Africa / by E. Bongmba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bongmba, Elias Kifon, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Religion and sociology.

Africa--Politics and government.

Africa.

Ethnology--Africa.

Ethnology.

Culture.

Sociology.

Philosophy of Religion.

Sociology of Religion.

African Politics.

African Culture.

Local Subjects:

Philosophy of Religion.

Sociology of Religion.

African Politics.

African Culture.

Religion.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2006.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A 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.

Contents:

COVER

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.

Religion and the Possibility of Peacebuilding

On Àse-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

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references ([213]-300) and index.

ISBN:

9786611365974

9781281365972

1281365971

9781403984586

1403984581

OCLC:

124039466