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 | | Political Discourses in African Thought: 1860 to the Present by Pieter Boele van Hensbroek ISBN-10: 9780275964948 ISBN-10: 0-275-96494-9 ISBN-13: 9780275964948 ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96494-8 Hardcover 1999-05-30 Praeger Publishers Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description The dominant issues in African political thought from the 1960s onward have been "development" and "socialism." In the present decade new issues have arisen such as democracy, civil society, the nation-state, and the relevance of "traditional" political institutions. Typically, however, these new issues have been discussed in models of thought which already served in the 1960s or even before. Boele van Hensbroek aims to provide the necessary insight into the history of African political thought as well as an analytical framework to clarify contemporary African discourses on democracy. He proceeds in three steps. First, the most important discussions in the last 150 years are presented. A fascinating history emerges, from the great 19th century theorists such as Edward Blyden and Africanus Horton to prominent nationalists such as Kwame Nkrumah and Amilcar Cabral, and to contemporary African intellectuals. Second, the African history of ideas shows that particular models of thought recur which can be reconstructed as three consistent "models" of thought. Finally, the relevance of the history of ideas and philosophical analysis of models of thought can be shown by providing a new perspective on contemporary debates on democracy in Africa. | ||