African Political Thought

Author: Guy Martin
Publisher: Palgrave USA
Category: African History, Oriental & Indian Philosophy, Social & Political Philosophy, Society & Culture: General, Politics & Government, Political Science & Theory, Political Ideologies
Book Format: Paperback

Focusing on individual political thinkers and beginning with indigenous African political thought, the book successively examines African nationalism, African socialism, populism and Marxism, Africanism and pan-Africanism, concluding with contemporary perspectives on democracy, development and the African state.

Guy Martin

Introduction: African Political Thought, from Antiquity to the Present 1. The Political Ideology of Indigenous African Political Systems and Institutions, from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century 2. The Influence of Islamic Values and Ideas on Indigenous African Political Systems and Institutions, from the Tenth to the Nineteenth Centuries 3. African Theories and Ideologies of Westernization, Modernization and Liberal Democracy, From Early West African Nationalism to African Humanism 4. Pan-Africanism and African Unity: From Ideal to Practice 5. The Socialist-Populist Ideology I: Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Dimensions 6. The Socialist-Populist Ideology II: Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Dimensions 7. The Populist-Socialist Ideology: Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Dimensions 8. The Africanist-Populist Ideology: Popular Democracy and Development in Africa Conclusion: The Transformative Power of Ideas and Values: Toward Peace, Development and Democracy in Africa

Table Of Contents
Introduction: African Political Thought, from Antiquity to the Present 1. The Political Ideology of Indigenous African Political Systems and Institutions, from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century 2. The Influence of Islamic Values and Ideas on Indigenous African Political Systems and Institutions, from the Tenth to the Nineteenth Centuries 3. African Theories and Ideologies of Westernization, Modernization and Liberal Democracy, From Early West African Nationalism to African Humanism 4. Pan-Africanism and African Unity: From Ideal to Practice 5. The Socialist-Populist Ideology I: Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Dimensions 6. The Socialist-Populist Ideology II: Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Dimensions 7. The Populist-Socialist Ideology: Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Dimensions 8. The Africanist-Populist Ideology: Popular Democracy and Development in Africa Conclusion: The Transformative Power of Ideas and Values: Toward Peace, Development and Democracy in Africa
About G. Martin
GUY MARTIN is Professor of Political Science at Winston-Salem State University, USA. He is the author of Africa in World Politics: A Pan-African Perspective (2002); co-editor (with Chris Alden) of South Africa and France: Towards a New Engagement in Africa? (2003); and co-author (with Mueni wa Muiu) of A New Paradigm of the African State: Fundi wa Afrika (2009).

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