Development, Modernism and Modernity in Africa

Development, Modernism and Modernity in Africa
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 365
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ISBN-10 : 9781136585609
ISBN-13 : 1136585605
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Download or read book Development, Modernism and Modernity in Africa written by Augustine Agwuele and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology examines the "unfinished project of modernity" with respect to the unrealized potential for economic, social, and political development in Africa. It also shows how, facing the consequences of modernism, Africans in and out of the continent are responding to these unfinished projects drawing on (a) the customary, (b) the novelty of modernity, and (c) positive aspects of modernism, for the organization of their societies and the enrichment of their lives even as they contend with the negative aspects of modernity and modernism.


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