Africa must be modern : a manifesto /

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In a forthright and uncompromising manner, Olúfémi Táíwò explores Africa's hostility toward modernity and how that hostility has impeded economic development and social and political transformation. What has to change for Africa to be able to respond to the challenges of modernity and glob...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Taiwo, Olufemi, 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2014.
Edition:U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Philosophy, African.
Civilization, Modern.
Philosophie africaine.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Civilization
Civilization, Modern
Economic policy
Manners and customs
Philosophy, African
Politics and government
Social conditions
Africa > Politics and government.
Africa > Social life and customs.
Africa > Social conditions.
Africa > Economic policy.
Africa > Civilization.
Afrique > Politique et gouvernement.
Afrique > Mœurs et coutumes.
Afrique > Conditions sociales.
Afrique > Politique économique.
Africa
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Why Africa must get on board the modernity express
  • The sticky problem of individualism
  • The knowledge society and its rewards
  • Count, measure, and count again
  • Process, not outcome : why trusting your leader, godfather, ethnic group, or chief may not best secure your advantage
  • Against the philosophy of limits : installing a culture of hope.

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