How Colonialism Preempted Modernity in Africa

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How Colonialism Preempted Modernity in Africa

Name: How Colonialism Preempted Modernity in Africa
Brand: INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9780253221308
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By Olufemi Taiwo
Imprint: INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: April 11, 2010
Format: PAPERBACK
Dimensions: 235 x 156 mm
Weight: 520 g
Pages: 368

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Why hasn't Africa been able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Going against the conventional wisdom that colonialism brought modernity to Africa, Olufemi Taiwo claims that Africa was already becoming modern and that colonialism was an unfinished project. Africans aspired to liberal democracy and the rule of law, but colonial officials aborted those efforts when they established indirect rule in the service of the European powers. Taiwo looks closely at modern institutions, such as church missionary societies, to recognize African agency and the impulse toward progress. He insists that Africa can get back on track and advocates a renewed engagement with modernity. Immigration, capitalism, democracy, and globalization, if done right this time, can be tools that shape a positive future for Africa.

Olufemi Taiwo is Professor of Philosophy and Global African Studies and Director of the Global African Studies Program at Seattle University. He is author of Legal Naturalism: A Marxist Theory of Law.

Introduction: Of Subjectivity and Sociocryonics Part 1. Colonialism 1. Colonialism: A Philosophical Profile 2. Running Aground on Colonial Shores: The Saga of Modernity and Colonialism 3. Prophets without Honor: African Apostles of Modernity in the Nineteenth Century 4. Reading the Colonizer's Mind: Lord Lugard and the Philosophical Foundations of British Colonialism Part 2. The Aftermath 5. The Legal Legacy: Twilight Before Dawn 6. Two Modern African Constitutions Part 3. Looking Forward 7. Globalization: Doing It Right This Time Around Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index

"This book is concerned with nothing less than the future of Africa." Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Columbia University

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