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Democratic political tragedy in the postcolony : the tragedy of postcoloniality in Michael Manley's Jamaica and Nelson Mandela's South Africa / Greg A. Graham.
Van Pelt Library JL639.A15 G73 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graham, Greg A., author.
- Series:
- Routledge innovations in political theory ; 79.
- Routledge innovations in political theory ; 79
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manley, Michael, 1924-1997--Political and social views.
- Manley, Michael.
- Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013--Political and social views.
- Mandela, Nelson.
- Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013.
- Manley, Michael, 1924-1997.
- Postcolonialism.
- Democracy.
- History.
- Political and social views.
- Jamaica--Politics and government--1962-.
- Jamaica.
- Politics and government.
- South Africa--Politics and government--1994-.
- South Africa.
- Democracy--Jamaica--History--20th century.
- Democracy--South Africa--History--20th century.
- Postcolonialism--Jamaica.
- Postcolonialism--South Africa.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 149 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
- Summary:
- "A ground-breaking work in Africana political thought that links the plight of progressive political endeavors in Africa with those in the Diaspora and beyond, Democratic Tragedy in the Postcolony engages with two of the defining political sagas of the postcolonial era. The book presents Michael Manley of Jamaica and Nelson Mandela of South Africa as tragic political leaders at the helm of popular democratic projects that run aground in the face of the constraints that a subordinate position in the global economy presents for such endeavors. Jamaica's experiment with democratic socialism as an alternative path to development at the height of the cold war is considered alongside post-Apartheid South Africa's search for a development model consistent with the demand for civic empowerment and equitable distribution of social goods in the aftermath of Apartheid. Democratic Political Tragedy in the Postcolony theorizes the defining tragic impasse and the telling vacillations by which the postcolonies in question are brought to the neoliberal catastrophes that currently prevail."--Publisher's summary.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Democratic political tragedy
- Thinking with Hegel : experience, conflict, and reversal
- Creolizing Hegel's theory of tragedy
- Manley's Jamaica : the tragedy of democratic socialism
- Mandela and the tragedy of the post-apartheid state
- The aftermath of tragedy : Patterson, Mbeki, and the neoliberal age (postscript)
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Temple University, 2012, under the title: Postcolonial tragedy : Jamaica and South Africa in comparative perspective.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Edition:
- Also issued as: Graham, Greg A. Temple University Libraries, 2012
- Other Format:
- Online version: Graham, Greg A., author. Democratic political tragedy in the postcolony
- ISBN:
- 9781138215115
- 1138215112
- OCLC:
- 994997155
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