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Informationen zum Autor Olúfémi Táíwò is Professor of Philosophy and Global African Studies and Director of the Global African Studies Program at Seattle University. He is author of Legal Naturalism: A Marxist Theory of Law . Klappentext Immigration, capitalism, democracy, and globalization, if done right this time, can be tools that shape a positive future for Africa. Zusammenfassung Why 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: 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
