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1 online resource (378 pages)
ISBN:
9780798304504
Inhalt:
Despite the fact that nationalism and its national projects have in recent years been severely criticised by postcolonial theorists for being fundamentalist and essentialist; by feminists for being patriarchal and exclusive; by global financial institutions for being antagonistic to development and globalisation; by Pan-Africanists for being anticontinental unity; and by those Africans born after decolonisation for being irrelevant; Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Finex Ndhlovu's book convincingly argues that nationalism has defied its death and displayed remarkable resilience and resonance. Since the end of the Cold War, what has been poignant has been the enduring contest, tensions and contradictions between the growth of various forms of transnationalism on the one hand and a resurgence of territorial as well as other narrow and xenophobic forms of nationalism on the other. In this important book, Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Ndhlovu provide new critical reflections on nationalism and its national projects in southern Africa covering South Africa, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC, a member of SADC). The national question is interrogated from different disciplinary vantage points to reveal how it impinges on contemporary challenges of nation-building, development, devolution of power, language questions, and citizenship on the one hand and ethnicity, nativism and xenophobia on the other.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- CHAPTER 1 - Introduction: New Reflections on Nationalism, National Projects and Pan-Africanism in the Twenty-First Century -- Defining National Projects -- Putting nationalism and its national projects in a global context -- On tensions between nationalism and pan-Africanism -- Rehabilitation of imperialism and the crisis of the national project(s) -- Intellectual defence of the African national project(s) -- Brief summary of the contributions -- Notes and References -- PART ONE - New meanings of the African National Project -- CHAPTER 2 - The New Meaning of the National Project in the Twenty-first Century -- Introduction -- The national project and its meanings -- Overview of the concept of a national project as a nation building concept -- The national project in the context of Pax-Africana -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- CHAPTER 3 - Is Nativism a National Question in Post-colonial Africa? -- Introduction -- Towards a definition and roots of nativism -- Historical and discursive basis of nativism -- African nationalism as nativism -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- CHAPTER 4 - Fanon on the Pitfalls of the African National Project -- Introduction -- Fanon's warning and the matter of relevance -- On Idealising And Betraying The National Project -- From The National Project To The Continental Question -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- CHAPTER 5 - African Nationalism in the age of Coloniality: Triumphs, Tragedies and Futures -- Introduction -- Background -- The age of coloniality: crises and confusions -- African nationalism: The triumphs -- African nationalism: The tragedies and tribulations -- African nationalism: The challenges and opposition -- African nationalism: The unfinished assignments.
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ISBN 9780798303958
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780798303958
Sprache:
Englisch
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