African postcolonial modernity : informal subjectivities and the democratic consensus /

African cultures and politics remain significantly affected by precolonial and postcolonial configurations of modernity, as well as hegemonic global systems. This project explores Africa's conversation with itself and the rest of the world, critiquing universalist notions of democratization.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Osha, Sanya (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Colección:African histories and modernities.
Temas:
Since 1960
Political culture > Africa.
Globalization > Political aspects > Africa.
Globalization > Social aspects > Africa.
Mondialisation > Aspect politique > Afrique.
Mondialisation > Aspect social > Afrique.
Colonialism & imperialism > Africa.
National liberation & independence, post-colonialism > Africa.
African history > Africa.
Globalization > Political aspects
Globalization > Social aspects
Political culture
Politics and government
Globalisierung
Politische Kultur
Soziale Situation
History.
Africa > Politics and government > 1960- > Philosophy.
Afrique > Politique et gouvernement > 1960- > Philosophie.
Africa
Afrika
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The polis : from Greece to an African Athens
  • The order/other of political culture
  • Urbanscapes
  • Youth, violence and the production of knowledge
  • (Mis)understanding Mbekism
  • Global activism and discourses of dispossession in South Africa
  • African sexualities I
  • African sexualities II
  • Conclusion : yearnings of modernity.

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