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Empire, Global Coloniality and African Subjectivity

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Availability:In StockContributor:Sabelo J. Ndlovu-GatsheniPublish date:2015-09-01Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Berghahn BooksISBN-13:9781782381938ISBN-10:1782381937UPC:9781782381938Book Category:Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:International Relations, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Developing & Emerging CountriesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCN2QRQS27

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 kept Africa ensnared within colonial matrices of power, serving to justify external interventions in African affairs, including the interference with liberation struggles and disregard for African positions. Evaluating the quality of African responses and available options, the author opens up a new horizon that includes cognitive justice and new humanism.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Berghahn BooksISBN-13:9781782381938ISBN-10:1782381937UPC:9781782381938Book Category:Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:International Relations, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Developing & Emerging CountriesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCN2QRQS27
Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J.: -

Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni is the director of the Archie Mafeje Research Institute (AMRI) and is also a professor in the Department of Development Studies at the University of South Africa.

Publisher: Berghahn Books

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