Political and Social Thought in Africa.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction. The Alternative to the Neoliberal System of Globalisation and Militarism -- The Alternative: Social Progress, Democratisation and Negotiated Interdependence -- Combining the Expansion of Social Movements and the Rebuilding of the Political Citizen -- The Collective Imperialism of the Triad, the Hegemonic Offensive of the United States and the Militarisation of Globalisation -- Elements for a Popular Counter-strategy -- PART 1 - Times of Confrontation -- 1. Arab-African Relations from Liberation to Globalisation -- The Spread of the Arab Islamic Empire -- Phases of Modern Identity Building -- From Liberation to Solidarity -- The Spirit of Liberation Loses its Heat -- 2. Mohammad Fayek: African Memories of the July Revolution -- The Climate that Imposed Egypt's Outreach Towards Africa -- The July Revolution's Concepts of Africa: The Identity and the Strategy -- Institutionalizing the Egyptian Action in Africa -- The African Policies of Egypt, and the Relations with the Liberation Movements -- Some Final Remarks: An Open Conclusion -- 3. Abdel Malek Ouda: Egyptian Nationalism and Africa -- I -- II -- 4. Mehdi Ben Barka: From Bandung to Havana -- I -- II -- 5. Israel: A Sub-imperialist Power in the Third World -- The Concept of Sub-imperialism in Relation to Israel -- A Distorted Development Strengthened by the Imperialist Powers -- Israel's Foreign Relations Follow an Imperialist Pattern -- Israel's Development in the Seventies -- Conclusion -- PART 2 - Times of Interactions -- 6. The Heritage of African Language Manuscripts Written in Arabic Characters (Ajami) -- The Framework for Interest in Ajami Manuscripts -- Study Plan -- Some Remarks on the Chosen Texts -- 7. E.W. Blyden: The Modern African Voyage to Egypt and the Levant.

Blyden's Cultural Background and Assessment of African Culture -- Blyden's Intellectual Voyage between the African, Pharaonic and Arab-Islamic Cultures -- Blyden's Voyage to Egypt and the Levant -- 8. Mahmood Mamdani: A Rebel from Dar es Salaam -- The Ideological Foundation -- The Leap Forward -- Social Politics: The Citizen and the Subject -- Confronting Media Terrorism on Darfur -- The Cultural Debate: Good Muslim, Bad Muslim -- 9. The Sudanese Issue: The View from the South -- A Method for Approaching the Sudanese Question -- The Roots of the Problem: The Alienation, 1947-1972 -- A Chance for Trust Building, Lost, 1972-1983 -- Why was the Chance Lost in the 1970s? -- Vision of a New Sudan -- The Decline? -- What Led to Such a Deterioration of the Situation? -- The Naivasha Agreement -- Conclusion -- 10. African Renaissance in the Experience of the New Anti-apartheid Regime -- Introduction -- Part One: The Renaissance Projects in Africa after Liberation -- The Challenges of the New Project in South Africa -- Post-apartheid South Africa -- Part Two: The Ideological World of Thabo Mbeki -- Who is the African? -- A New Nation -- The Pillars of the Project -- South Africa and the African Continent -- South Africa and the World -- Conclusion -- PART 3 - Times of Ideas -- 11. Culture and Intellectuals: Challenging Globalisation -- First: The Interaction Phase -- Second: The Cold War and the National Liberation State -- Third: In the Context of Globalisation -- 12. Frantz Fanon and the African Revolution Revisited at the Time of Globalisation -- Unchanged Agenda -- From Colonialism to Imperialism -- Violence and Liberation -- Alienation and Presence -- Which Social Analysis? -- The African Revolution and Fanon's Dialectics in a New World -- Fanon in the Arab World -- Conclusion.

13. Re-reading Amilcar Cabral: National Culture and Identity in the Age of Globalisation -- Cabral's Stance on Culture and Identity -- The Challenges of Globalization and the State of National Liberation -- Some African and Arab Issues Treated in the Light of Cabral's Thinking -- Conclusion -- 14. The End of Anthropology - The African Debate on the Universality of Social Research and Its 'Indigenisation': An Essay Dedicated to Archie Mafeje -- A Special Relationship with Archie Mafeje -- The End of Anthropology -- Reconstructing the Old Concepts -- 15. Samir Amin: Coming Late to the Arab World -- Circumstances of Absence and Presence -- Amin's Presence in the Maghreb (North Africa) -- Amin's Presence in the Mashrek -- Institutional Presence -- Samir Amin's Arabic Literature -- 16. Not an Autobiography of the Author -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- Bibliography -- Back cover.

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