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Book SynopsisWhy hasn't Africa been able to respond to the challenges of modernity and globalization? Going against the conventional wisdom that colonialism brought modernity to Africa, this book claims that Africa was already becoming modern and that colonialism was an unfinished project.
Trade ReviewThis is undoubtebly a stimulating book ... that deserves to be widely read. Its engagingly polemical style and provocative conclusions will no doubt enliven many a future seminar discussions.April 2011
* American Historical Review *
This courageous book, written with verve, clarity and an impressive command of social theory, is essentially a work of 'philosophical history', a morally engaged analysis of Africa's contemporary predicament in the light of a particular, selective reading of its history. Vol. 81.3, 2011
* Africa *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Of Subjectivity and Sociocryonics
Part 1. Colonialism
1. Colonialism: A Philosophical Profile
2. Running Aground on Colonial Shores: The Saga of Modernity and Colonialism
3. Prophets without Honor: African Apostles of Modernity in the Nineteenth Century
4. Reading the Colonizer's Mind: Lord Lugard and the Philosophical Foundations of British Colonialism
Part 2. The Aftermath
5. The Legal Legacy: Twilight Before Dawn
6. Two Modern African Constitutions
Part 3. Looking Forward
7. Globalization: Doing It Right This Time Around
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
