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How colonialism preempted modernity in Africa / Olufemi Taiwo.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.Description: xii, 352 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780253353740 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0253353742 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780253221308 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0253221307 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 325.6 22
Contents:
Introduction: Of subjectivity and sociocryonics -- Colonialism -- Co lonialism : a philosophical profile -- Running aground on colonial shor es : the saga of modernity and colonialism -- Prophets without honor : African apostles of modernity in the nineteenth century -- Reading the colonizer's mind : Lord Lugard and the philosophical foundations of Bri tish colonialism -- The aftermath -- The legal legacy : twilight before dawn -- Two modern African constitutions -- Looking forward -- Globali zation : doing it right this time around.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-327) and index.

Introduction: Of subjectivity and sociocryonics -- Colonialism -- Co lonialism : a philosophical profile -- Running aground on colonial shor es : the saga of modernity and colonialism -- Prophets without honor : African apostles of modernity in the nineteenth century -- Reading the colonizer's mind : Lord Lugard and the philosophical foundations of Bri tish colonialism -- The aftermath -- The legal legacy : twilight before dawn -- Two modern African constitutions -- Looking forward -- Globali zation : doing it right this time around.

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