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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahluwalia, D. P. S. (D. Pal S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratization--Africa.

Democratization.

Postcolonialism--Africa.

Postcolonialism.

Africa--Politics and government--1960-.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-55905-4

1-134-55906-2

1-280-33607-2

0-203-24429-X

9786610336074

0-203-18789-X

9780203187890

OCLC:

150646016