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How colonialism preempted modernity in Africa / Taiwo Olufemi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taiwo, Olufemi.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Colonies--Africa--History.
- Colonies.
- Missionaries--Africa--History.
- Missionaries.
- Democracy--Africa.
- Democracy.
- Capitalism--Africa.
- Capitalism.
- Europe--Colonies--History.
- Europe.
- Africa--Civilization--Philosophy.
- Africa.
- Africa--Colonial influence.
- Africa--Colonization--History.
- Africa--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2010.
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- ""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""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 26, 2021).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-53981-7
- 9786612539817
- 0-253-00397-0
- OCLC:
- 607553763
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