Julius Rex
Nyerere through the eyes of his critics, 1953-2013
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2182359 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James R Brennan (0000-0003-4382-212X, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 459-477 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Eastern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-1055 • E-ISSN: 1753-1063 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17531055.2014.916557 |
| OpenAlex | W1987977165 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article examines political critics of Tanzania's first president, Julius K. Nyerere. While his detractors varied greatly in both ideological and sociological terms, the three major groups studied here shared a sharp intellectual frustration with Nyerere's effective utilization of humility as a political weapon to control debate, court international support, and silence opposition. Foreign critics, primarily European writers, were divided principally by their social proximity to Nyerere – older white "decolonizers" lamented their friend's embrace of authoritarian tactics to achieve utopian ends, while younger writers instead saw a distant and unworldly figure best understood in abstract philosophical terms. The most vocal Tanzanian critics, by contrast, were united by the heavy-handed actions they and their families had endured at the hands of the Tanzanian state, which in turn produced sharply personalized criticisms
Aesthetics · Authoritarianism · Democracy · Humility · Ideology · Media studies · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Silence · Sociology · State (computer science · Sympathy · White (mutation · African history and culture studies · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |