Radicalism and Cultural Dislocation in Ethiopia, 1960-1974

A provocative investigation into the root causes of the Ethiopian political upheavals in the second half of the twentieth century.

List of contents

The Rise of Student Radicalism in Ethiopia
Eurocentrism and Haile Selassie's Educational Precept
Origins and Purpose of Haile Selassie's Educational Policy
Radicalism as a Fallout of Uprootedness and Globality
Imitativeness and Elitism
Ethiopian Messianism
Religion and Social Utopianism
The Sublimation of Desertion
Objective Causes of the Radicalization of Students and Intellectuals

Summary

A provocative investigation into the root causes of the Ethiopian political upheavals in the second half of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Messay Kebede, Messay (Royalty Account) Kebede
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2008
• EAN: 9781580462914
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-291-4
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 517 g
• Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora; Rochester Studies in African H
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education