African Political ThoughtSpringer, 05.12.2012 - 215 Seiten For most of its history, the African continent has witnessed momentous political change, remarkable philosophical innovation, and the complex cross-fertilization of ideologies and belief systems. This definitive study surveys the concepts, values, and historical upheavals that have shaped African political systems from the ancient period to the postcolonial era and beyond. Beginning with the emergence of indigenous political institutions, it traces the most important developments in African history, including the Africanization of Islam, liberal democratic movements, socialism, Pan-Africanism, and Africanist-Populist resistance to the neoliberal world order. The result is an invaluable resource on a region too often ignored in the history of political thought. |
Inhalt
African Political Thought from Antiquity to the Present | 1 |
The Political Ideology of Indigenous African Political Systems and Institutions from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century | 11 |
The Influence of Islamic Values and Ideas on Indigenous African Political Systems and Institutions from the Tenth to the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
African Theories and Ideologies of Westernization Modernization and Liberal Democracy from Early West African Nationalism to Humanism | 43 |
PanAfricanism and African Unity From Ideal to Practice | 55 |
The SocialistPopulist Ideology I From Patrice Lumumba to Samora Machel | 71 |
The SocialistPopulist Ideology II From Kwame Nkrumahto Julius Nyerere | 85 |
The PopulistSocialist Ideology From Frantz Fanon to Steve Biko | 105 |
The AfricanistPopulist Ideology Popular Democracy and Development in Africa | 129 |
The Transformative Power of Ideas and Values Toward Peace Development and Democracy in Africa | 153 |
Notes | 159 |
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