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Nationalism and national projects in Southern Africa : new critical reflections /
Despite the fact that nationalism and its national projects have in recent years been severely criticised by postcolonial theorists for being fundamentalist and essentialist; by feminists for being patriarchal and exclusive; by global financial institutions for being antagonistic to development and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pretoria :
Africa Institute of South Africa,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; CHAPTER 1
- Introduction: New Reflections on Nationalism, National Projects and Pan-Africanism in the Twenty-First Century; Defining National Projects; Putting nationalism and its national projects in a global context; On tensions between nationalism and pan-Africanism; Rehabilitation of imperialism and the crisis of the national project(s); Intellectual defence of the African national project(s); Brief summary of the contributions; Notes and References; PART ONE
- New meanings of the African National Project.
- CHAPTER 2
- The New Meaning of the NationalProject in the Twenty-first CenturyIntroduction; The national project and its meanings; Overview of the concept of a national project as a nation building concept; The national project in the context of Pax-Africana; Conclusion; Notes and References; CHAPTER 3
- Is Nativism a National Questionin Post-colonial Africa?; Introduction; Towards a definition and roots of nativism; Historical and discursive basis of nativism; African nationalism as nativism; Conclusion; Notes and References; CHAPTER 4
- Fanon on the Pitfalls of the African National Project.
- IntroductionFanon's warning and the matter of relevance; On Idealising And Betraying The National Project; From The National Project To The Continental Question; Conclusion; Notes and References; CHAPTER 5
- African Nationalism in the age of Coloniality:Triumphs, Tragedies and Futures; Introduction; Background; The age of coloniality: crises and confusions; African nationalism: The triumphs; African nationalism: The tragedies and tribulations; African nationalism: The challenges and opposition; African nationalism: The unfinished assignments; Towards a decolonial turn of African nationalism.
- Conclusion: towards decolonialityNotes and References; PART TWO
- Nationalism, Languageand Freedom; CHAPTER 6
- The African National Language Questionand the African National Project; Introduction; Brief overview of the history of African national languages; Understanding the twenty-first century African dream; What role for African national languages in the twenty-first century?; Conclusion; Notes and References; CHAPTER 7
- The Devolution of Power Debate andthe Zimbabwe National Project; Introduction; Centralising autocracy in post-colonial Zimbabwe.
- Dismantling autocracy: devolution of power debates in ZimbabweProvincial councils' constitution, power and accountability:A primer on emerging debates; Conclusion; Notes and References; CHAPTER 8
- Zimbabwe's Cultural Revolution and the 'Melodic Press Release': Mediated National Imaginaries in an Age of Neo-Liberalism; Introduction; Media and developmental nationalism; Development journalism, neo-liberalism and media inpost-independent Zimbabwe; Zimbabwean audiences as pedagogical objects in the 2000s; The decline of state-mediated national imaginaries in Zimbabwe; Conclusion.