Kebede, Messay.

Radicalism and cultural dislocation in Ethiopia, 1960-1974 / Mess ay Kebede. - Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2008. - viii, 235 p. ; 24 cm. - Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-222) and index.

The rise of student radicalism in Ethiopia -- Eurocentrism and Haile Selassie's educational precept -- Origins and purpose of Haile Selassi e's educational policy -- Radicalism as a fallout of uprootedness and g lobality -- Imitativeness and elitism -- Ethiopian messianism -- Religi on and social utopianism -- The sublimation of desertion -- Objective c auses of the radicalization of students and intellectuals.

9781580462914 (hardcover : alk. paper) 158046291X (hardcover : alk. paper)

2008-019955


Radicalism--History--Ethiopia--20th century.
Students--Political activity.
Intellectuals--Political activity--History--Ethiopia--20th c entury.
Elite (Social sciences)--History--Ethiopia--20th century.
Communism--Ethiopia.

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