Radicalism and Cultural Dislocation in Ethiopia, 1960-1974

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-1-58046-291-4
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 36, 252 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 517 g

Reihe: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora

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

During the 1960s and early 1970s, a majority of Ethiopian students and intellectuals adopted a Marxist-Leninist ideology with fanatic fervor. The leading force in an uprising against the imperial regime of Emperor Haile Selassie,they played a decisive role in the rise of a Leninist military regime. In this original study, Messay Kebede examines the sociopolitical and cultural factors that contributed to the radicalization of the educated elite in Ethiopia, and how this phenomenon contributed to the country's uninterrupted political crises and economic setbacks since the Revolution of 1974.
Offering a unique, insider's perspective garnered from his direct participation in thestudent movement, the author emphasizes the role of the Western education system in the progressive radicalization of students and assesses the impact of Western education on traditional cultures. The most comprehensive study of the role of students in modern Ethiopian political history to date, Radicalism and Cultural Dislocation in Ethiopia, 1960-1974 opens the door for discussion and debate on the issue of African modernization and the effects ofcultural colonization.

Messay Kebede is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Dayton and is author of Survival and Modernization -- Ethiopia's Enigmatic Present: A Philosophical Discourse [1999].

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kebede, Messay

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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