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1 online resource (278 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Empire, Global Coloniality and African Subjectivity; Empire, Global Coloniality and African Subjectivity -- Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni; Contents; Preface; PART 1 GLOBAL IMPERIAL DESIGNS AND EMPIRE; Chapter 1 Empire and Global Coloniality; Chapter 2 Global Imperial Designs and Pan-Africanism; Chapter 3 Coloniality of Power and African Development; PART 2 SUBJECT, SUBJECTION AND SUBJECTIVITY; Chapter 4 The Ticklish Subject in Africa; Chapter 5 Subjection and Subjectivity in South Africa; Chapter 6 Nationality of Power in Zimbabwe; PART 3 COLONIALITY, KNOWLEDGE AND NATIONALISM. |
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Chapter 7 Coloniality of Knowledge and Higher EducationChapter 8 The African National Project and National Question; PART 4 CONCLUSION; Chapter 9 Global Crisis and Africa Today; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Global imperial designs, which have been in place since conquest by western powers, did not suddenly evaporate after decolonization. Global coloniality as a leitmotif of the empire became the order of the day, with its invisible technologies of subjugation continuing to reproduce Africa's subaltern position, a position characterized by perceived deficits ranging from a lack of civilization, a lack of writing and a lack of history to a lack of development, a lack of human rights and a lack of democracy. The author's sharply critical perspective reveals how this epistemology of alterity has k. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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English. |
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Globalization -- Political aspects -- Africa.
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Globalization -- Political aspects. |
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Africa. |
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Globalization. |
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Nationalism -- Africa.
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Nationalism. |
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Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
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Politics and government. |
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1960- |
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Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
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Economic conditions. |
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Since 1960 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J. Empire, Global Coloniality and African Subjectivity. New York : Berghahn Books, ©2013 9780857459510 |
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9780857459527 (electronic book) |
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085745952X (electronic book) |
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0857459511 |
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9780857459510 |
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9781299777903 |
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1299777902 |
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9780857459510 (alkaline paper) |
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