The imagined Africa of the West
A critical perspective on Western imaginations of Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11904088 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rune Larsen, Rune Brandt Larsen (0000-0003-4653-4465, Aarhus University, corresponding author), Stig Jensen, Stig Eduard Breitenstein Jensen (University of Copenhagen) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 164 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of African Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-6244 • E-ISSN: 1740-1720 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03056244.2019.1660155 |
| OpenAlex | W2980704266 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
This debate piece discusses how exceptionalised images of Africa are reproduced in contemporary Western discourse and imagination, and argues that these exceptionalised depictions of Africa enable Western consciousness to escape a confrontation with its own dysfunctionalities, hereby projecting all the excremental features characterising human existence on to its African Other. This is interpreted as a way for Western subjects to alter themselves into a position of idealised and imagined advanced civilisation – thus legitimising contemporary acts of neo-colonial exploitation in Africa
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |