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dc.contributor.authorMarkakis, John
dc.contributor.authorSchlee, Günther
dc.contributor.authorYoung, John
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-22T12:45:06Z
dc.date.available2021-04-22T12:45:06Z
dc.date.issued2021-03-22
dc.identifier.urihttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68039
dc.description.abstractThis book analyses recent political developments in the Horn of Africa in light of actual identifications and alliances. The nation state—the normative framework for politics—is often shown as a non-relevant unit of identification and beneficiary of political decisions. The authors have spent their professional lifetimes studying the politics and development in Sub-Saharan Africa since its emergence from colonial rule. The Horn of Africa, their special focus of interest, represents a striking paradigm of the enduring crisis of the western nation-state model adopted in Africa. Questions concerning this model have seldom been raised in African studies. A notable exception is Basil Davidson (1992) who called the nation-state model the “Black Man’s Burden.” Francophone Africanists were pioneers in economic anthropology and prolific critics of orthodox development theory but had little to say about the state which they regarded as a dependent variable. This omission therefore challenges the epistemological integrity of African studies. Where is the science this discipline is based on? Founded in the West and dominated by western scholars, African studies thrive on modes of analysis that privilege European categories, or ascribe greater rationality and capacity for agency to Western rather than all other historical actors. This book explores this logic and shows that the decisions made by these actors are determined by identifications and interests that have little to do with the nation state.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMax Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge: Studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationbic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJH African historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationbic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & governmenten_US
dc.subject.otherWissenschaftsgeschichteen_US
dc.subject.otherHistory of Scienceen_US
dc.subject.otherMPRLen_US
dc.subject.otherEdition Open Accessen_US
dc.subject.otherSudanen_US
dc.subject.otherHorn of Africaen_US
dc.subject.otherSouth Sudanen_US
dc.subject.otherEthiopiaen_US
dc.subject.otherAfaren_US
dc.subject.otherAfricaen_US
dc.titleThe Nation Stateen_US
dc.title.alternativeA Wrong Model for the Horn of Africaen_US
dc.typebook
dc.description.versionPublisheden_US
oapen.identifier.doi10.34663/9783945561577-00en_US
oapen.relation.isPublishedBye3b46e08-88ff-4b35-af47-e887b8f3d8bb
oapen.relation.isbn9783945561560en_US
oapen.series.number14en_US
oapen.pages184en_US
oapen.place.publicationBerlinen_US


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