wyszukanych pozycji: 10
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The End of Conceit: Western Rationality after Postcolonialism
ISBN: 9781848135581 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In this radical new book, Patrick Chabal addresses the crucial issue of why the manner in which we in the West approach key political, social, and economic issues in today's globalized world - our traditional assumptions about "Western rationality" - is fatally constrained by an overly deterministic tradition of thought and enquiry. In this radical new book, Patrick Chabal addresses the crucial issue of why the manner in which we in the West approach key political, social, and ... |
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468,72 |
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Power in Africa: An Essay in Political Interpretation
ISBN: 9781349124701 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 311 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 'This book will rightfully head many a reading list...'C.Allen, British Book News Power in Africa casts a fresh look at contemporary Black African politics. It reviews the merits and failings of existing interpretations of Africa's post-colonial society and offers a new approach to its understanding. It has two main aims. First, to present a comparative conceptual framework which places Africa's politics within its appropriate historical context. Second, to offer an explanation of what is actually happening in Africa - beyond the clichs of a dark continent perennially in crisis.
'This book will rightfully head many a reading list...'C.Allen, British Book News Power in Africa casts a fresh look at contemporary Black African pol...
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202,66 |
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Power in Africa: An Essay in Political Interpretation
ISBN: 9780312099541 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 311 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 'This book will rightfully head many a reading list...'C.Allen, British Book News Power in Africa casts a fresh look at contemporary Black African politics. It reviews the merits and failings of existing interpretations of Africa's post-colonial society and offers a new approach to its understanding. It has two main aims. First, to present a comparative conceptual framework which places Africa's politics within its appropriate historical context. Second, to offer an explanation of what is actually happening in Africa - beyond the clichs of a dark continent perennially in crisis.
'This book will rightfully head many a reading list...'C.Allen, British Book News Power in Africa casts a fresh look at contemporary Black African pol...
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202,66 |
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The End of Conceit: Western Rationality after Postcolonialism
ISBN: 9781848135574 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In this radical new book, Patrick Chabal addresses the crucial issue of why the manner in which we in the West approach key political, social, and economic issues in today's globalized world - our traditional assumptions about "Western rationality" - is fatally constrained by an overly deterministic tradition of thought and enquiry. In this radical new book, Patrick Chabal addresses the crucial issue of why the manner in which we in the West approach key political, social, and ... |
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130,15 |
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Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling
ISBN: 9781842779088 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The question usually asked about Africa is: 'why is it going wrong?' Is the continent still suffering from the ravages of colonialism? Or is it the victim of postcolonial economic exploitation, poor governance and lack of aid? Whatever the answer, increasingly the result is poverty and violence.
In Africa: the Politics of Suffering and Smiling Patrick Chabal approaches this question differently by reconsidering the role of theory in African politics. Chabal discusses the limitations of existing political theories of Africa and proposes a different starting point; arguing that political... The question usually asked about Africa is: 'why is it going wrong?' Is the continent still suffering from the ravages of colonialism? Or is it the vi...
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468,72 |
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Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling
ISBN: 9781842779095 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The question usually asked about Africa is: 'why is it going wrong?' Is the continent still suffering from the ravages of colonialism? Or is it the victim of postcolonial economic exploitation, poor governance and lack of aid? Whatever the answer, increasingly the result is poverty and violence.
In Africa: the Politics of Suffering and Smiling Patrick Chabal approaches this question differently by reconsidering the role of theory in African politics. Chabal discusses the limitations of existing political theories of Africa and proposes a different starting point; arguing that political... The question usually asked about Africa is: 'why is it going wrong?' Is the continent still suffering from the ravages of colonialism? Or is it the vi...
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124,94 |
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Culture Troubles: Politics and the Interpretation of Meaning
ISBN: 9780226100418 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Understanding politics in nations other than your own is a perilous exercise. If you were to read two newspaper articles on the same topic but from different countries, you would likely find two very different interpretations of the same event. But how we think about what is written in our own country seems somehow less distorted, less wrong. So which side is right? And from what reference point can we begin to compare the two?
"Culture Troubles" is a systematic reevaluation of the role of culture in political analysis. Here, Patrick Chabal and Jean-Pascal Daloz contend that it is unwise... Understanding politics in nations other than your own is a perilous exercise. If you were to read two newspaper articles on the same topic but from di...
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224,45 |
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Africa Works - Disorder as Political Instrument
ISBN: 9780852558140 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Are there social, political and cultural factors in Africa which aspire to the continuation of patrimony and conspire against economic development? In association with the International African Institute North America: Indiana U Press
Are there social, political and cultural factors in Africa which aspire to the continuation of patrimony and conspire against economic development? I...
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130,15 |
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Political Domination in Africa
ISBN: 9780521311489 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The book addresses a wide audience: students of African history and politics, of Third World development and of political theory.
The book addresses a wide audience: students of African history and politics, of Third World development and of political theory.
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217,88 |
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A History of Postcolonial Lusophone Africa
ISBN: 9780253215659 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. ..". useful, timely, and important... a good and informative book on the Lusophone countries, Portuguese colonialism, and postcolonial influences." Phyllis Martin, Indiana University "This book, produced by the obvious and distinguished corps of country specialists... fills a real gap in both state-level and 'regional' (broadly defined) studies of contemporary Africa." Norrie MacQueen, University of Dundee Although the five Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa that gained independence in 1974/75 Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and Sao Tome e Principe differ... ..". useful, timely, and important... a good and informative book on the Lusophone countries, Portuguese colonialism, and postcolonial influences."... |
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104,11 |