Seifudein Adem, Ali A. Mazrui

Afrasia

A Tale of Two Continents

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Produktbeschreibung

Is there a new scramble for Africa involving China, Japan, and India in competition with each other and with the Western world? This book explores the historical and unfolding dynamic interactions among China, India, Japan, and Africa and their ramifications.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 438
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780761847717
• ISBN-10: 0761847715
• Artikelnr.: 34012361

Autorenporträt

Ali A. Mazrui is Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities at the State University of New York in Binghamton, New York. He has been officially received by the heads of state of India and China and has served as chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. Dr. Mazrui has also served as president of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists of North America. His research interests include the soft power of culture and religion in the Middle East and South Asia and the years of ideological power in Mao's China. Seifudein Adem is associate professor of political science at the State University of New York in Binghamton, New York. He has taught at universities in Ethiopia, Japan, and the United States. Dr. Adem has published widely on the political economy of Africa-China relations and Africa-Japan relations.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction: Toward Afro-Asian Strategies for
Containing Globalization ALI A. MAZRUI SECTION I HISTORICAL OVERVIEW 1
Africa and Asia in the Postcolonial Era ALI A. MAZRUI 2 The Baganda and the
Japanese ALI A. MAZRUI 3 The Lion of Judah and the Dragon SEIFUDEIN ADEM
SECTION II RACE, RELIGION AND DIPLOMACY 4 The Yellow Man's Burden: Race and
Revolution in Sino-African Relations ALI A. MAZRUI 5 Changing the Guards
from Hindus to Muslims ALI A. MAZRUI 6 Africa in Japanese Diplomatic
Thought SEIFUDEIN ADEM 7 Diplomacy and Economics of Sino-Optimism in
Ethiopia SEIFUDEIN ADEM SECTION III NATIONALISM, DECOLONIZATION AND
DEVELOPMENT 8 John Locke and Mahatma Gandhi in African Resistance ALI A.
MAZRUI 9 Gandhi, Marx and the Warrior Tradition: Towards Androgynous
Liberation ALI A. MAZRUI 10 Comparative Culture and Development: The Case
of Japan SEIFUDEIN ADEM SECTION IV BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE 11 Islam at War
and Communism in Retreat: What is the Connection? ALI A. MAZRUI 12 Japan
and the Iraq War SEIFUDEIN ADEM 13 Conflict Resolution in Japan SEIFUDEIN
ADEM SECTION V MIGRATION AND DIASPORIZATION 14 Africa and India as Mothers
of Diasporas ALI A. MAZRUI 15 Comparative Diasporas in Japan and the United
States SEIFUDEIN ADEM 16 Afro-Optimism from Mahatma Gandhi to Barack Obama
ALI A. MAZRUI SECTION VI ROLE MODELS IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION 17 Africa
between Meiji Restoration and Legacy of Atatürk ALI A. MAZRUI 18 Is Japan's
Cultural Experience Relevant for Africa's Development? SEIFUDEIN ADEM 19
Japan in Africa SEIFUDEIN ADEM 20 The Arab Spring and Female Empowerment
ALI A. MAZRUI 21 Conclusion: Toward Sociology of Discourse on Sino-African
Relations SEIFUDEIN ADEM SECTION VII APPENDICES Appendix One. God's
Omnipotence and Human Genius: From the Afro-Asian Tsunami to Shakespeare's
Tempest ALI A. MAZRUI Appendix Two. From Osagyefo Nkrumah to Nana Obama:
Between the Post-Colonial and the Post-Racial ALI A. MAZRUI