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Can a Liberal be a Chief? Can a Chief be a Liber – Some Thoughts on an Unfinished Business of Colonialism
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Prickly Paradigm Press Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: WQN88DD
EAN: 9781734643527
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Beschreibung
An argument against the idea of the indigenous chief as a liberal political figure. Across Africa, it is not unusual for proponents of liberal democracy and modernization to make room for some aspects of indigenous culture, such as the use of a chief as a political figure. Yet for Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, no such accommodation should be made. Chiefs, he argues, in this thought-provoking and wide-ranging pamphlet, cannot be liberals-and liberals cannot be chiefs. If we fail to recognize this, we fail to acknowledge the metaphysical underpinnings of modern understandings of freedom and equality, as well as the ways in which African intellectuals can offer a distinctive take on the unfinished business of colonialism.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Olufemi Taiwo
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2021
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 86