Explores Africa's hostility toward modernity and how that hostility has impeded economic development and social and political transformation.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Olúfémi Táíwò is Professor of Africana Studies at the Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University. He is author of How Colonialism Preempted Modernity in Africa (IUP, 2010).
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Preface to the U.S. Edition Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Why Africa Must Get on Board the Modernity Express 2. The Sticky Problem of Individualism 3. The Knowledge Society and Its Rewards 4. Count, Measure, and Count Again 5. Process, not Outcome: Why Trusting Your Leader, Godfather, Ethnic Group or Chief May Not Best Secure Your Advantage 6. Against the Philosophy of Limits: Installing a Culture of Hope Index
Preface to the U.S. Edition Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Why Africa Must Get on Board the Modernity Express 2. The Sticky Problem of Individualism 3. The Knowledge Society and Its Rewards 4. Count, Measure, and Count Again 5. Process, not Outcome: Why Trusting Your Leader, Godfather, Ethnic Group or Chief May Not Best Secure Your Advantage 6. Against the Philosophy of Limits: Installing a Culture of Hope Index
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