Post-Colonial Reconstruction of Africa
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African American studies
African decolonization
African economics
African philosophy
African politics
African rights
African studies
Africana philosophy
Africana studies
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Anthony Appiah
Ato Sekyi-Otu
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Bernard Matolino
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colonialism
communitarianism
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cosmopolitanism
critical universalism
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diaspora
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European colonialism
Kwame Gyekye
Kwame Nkrumah
Kwasi Wiredu
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left-universalism
Marxism
modernization
native universals
neo-colonialism
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Paul Houtondji
philosophy of race
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Race & Ethnic studies
reconstruction
restitution
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South Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western colonialism
Western racism
Product details
- ISBN 9781793655691
- Weight: 567g
- Dimensions: 161 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 21 Feb 2024
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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A Post-Colonial Reconstruction of Africa surveys the significant reconstruction work undertaken in the social and political organization of sub-Saharan African society in the decades following the colonial interruption and subjects these efforts to rigorous criticism in order to establish whether they can carry the weight of modernization efforts in Africa. To examine the significant trends, it highlights the work of African intellectuals such as Kwasi Wiredu, Kwame Gyekye, Paulin Hountondji, Kwame Nkrumah, Anthony Appiah, Ato Sekyi-Otu, and Bernard Matolino. Pieter H. Coetzee argues that reconstruction inspired by traditional communitarian systems of social organization, including the modified form presented by Matolino, do not adequately do justice to the liberty aspirations of individuals in an era when the demand for increased democratization has become globally paramount. Reconstruction efforts inspired by appeal to native traditions of liberalism, including native conceptions of individual rights, fare better in this regard. However, current reconstruction efforts have done little to rescue Africans from the negative economic effects of colonialism and neo-colonialism and fail to alleviate self-perception problems created by Western racism. Appiah’s cosmopolitan option and Sekyi-Otu’s left universalism are notable exceptions.
Pieter H. Coetzee is an independent scholar and retired lecturer in philosophy at the University of South Africa.
