African Traditional Political Thought and Institutions
Title | African Traditional Political Thought and Institutions PDF eBook |
Author | Zaccheus Sunday Ali |
Publisher | |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Africa |
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Themes in African Social and Political Thought
Title | Themes in African Social and Political Thought PDF eBook |
Author | Onigu Otite |
Publisher | Fourth Dimension Publishing Company |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | History |
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There can be no better time to revive the major strands of social and political thought about Africa in the nineteeth and twentieth centuries than now; given the consensus of opinion that over the last two decades African societies, and policies relating to the continent have largely failed. This book, illustrates that failures in Africa are not for a lack of ideas and arguments, or intellectual life. At the very least, it is a document of the rich history of ideas about the continent, by some of its most influential thinkers. The collection includes pieces on major African leaders/thinkers - Sekou Toure, Blydeen Awolowo and Nkrumah; and contributions by leaders themselves e.g. Nyerere on the process of liberation, and relative concepts of freedom. The other essays are by major intellectuals on currents and periods in social thought and intellectual history, such as Mazui on questions of (pan) - African indentities, on Africanness and colonialism, and African socialism.
African Political Thought
Title | African Political Thought PDF eBook |
Author | G. Martin |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2012-12-23 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1137062053 |
Focusing on individual political thinkers and beginning with indigenous African political thought, the book successively examines African nationalism, African socialism, populism and Marxism, Africanism and pan-Africanism, concluding with contemporary perspectives on democracy, development and the African state.
Political Institutions and Thought in Africa
Title | Political Institutions and Thought in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | F. Olisa Awogu |
Publisher | |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Africa |
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Explorations in African Political Thought
Title | Explorations in African Political Thought PDF eBook |
Author | Teodros Kiros |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2013-10-23 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1136695656 |
This rich collection brings together many of the leading authorities on African political philosophy to present a variety of perspectives on this rapidly growing field. They seek to show that African philosophy can serve African people as a moral activity guided by the principles of practical reason in addressing problems of the basic structures of social, political, and economic institutions.
Towards an African Political Philosophy of Needs
Title | Towards an African Political Philosophy of Needs PDF eBook |
Author | Motsamai Molefe |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2021-02-16 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 3030644960 |
This book focuses on the domains of moral philosophy, political philosophy, and political theory within African philosophy. At the heart of the volume is a call to imagine African political philosophy as embodying a needs-based political vision. While discourses in African political philosophy have fixated on the normative framework of human rights law to articulate demands for social and global justice, this book charts a new frontier in African political thought by turning from ‘rights’ to ‘needs.’ The authors aim to re-orient discourses in African philosophy beyond the impasse of rights-based confrontations to shift the conversation toward needs as a cornerstone of African political theory.
Readings in African Political Thought
Title | Readings in African Political Thought PDF eBook |
Author | Gideon-Cyrus Makau Mutiso |
Publisher | London : Heinemann |
Pages | 720 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Political Science |
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