Viv Dechoukaj, Long Live Uprooting! Aristide’s Politico-theology of Defensive Violence in the Struggle for Democracy in Haiti
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20209745 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Celucien L Joseph (Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, FL, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 185-208 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Black Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-9948 • E-ISSN: 1743-1670 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14769948.2017.1358998 |
| OpenAlex | W2743444811 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The essay has a twofold objectives. First, it analyzes the complex relationships of popular violence, gansterization, and chimerization associated with Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s political leadership and actions during his second presidential administration. Secondly, it examines Aristide’s first politico-theological treatise, 100 Vese Dechoukaj Va T’en Satan! to study whether he has formulated or articulated a theology of violence and aggression that will later shape his political leadership during his second presidential administration. It is evident in this early text, Aristide has perfected a rhetoric of bellicosity, framed within a particular theo-political hermeneutics and discourse, to damn the Duvalierists and Macoutes, and uproot the oppressors and distractors of the Haitian people. In other words, this essay argues that the popular violence and gangsterism associated with Aristide’s second-term presidency and his Fanmi Lavalas supporters have deep roots in Aristide’s revolutionary theology of contextualization and biblical hermeneutical re-appropriation to the Haitian experience of his time
Appropriation · Contextualization · Democracy · Epistemology · Hermeneutics · Political science · Political violence · Politics · Presidency · Presidential system · Rhetoric · Sociology · Theology · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |