The Social Problems of Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2507745 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Thurnwald (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1929 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 130-137 |
| Publication date | 1929-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1155822 |
| OpenAlex | W2092833141 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Opening ParagraphOf the 1.75 milliard people in the world to-day, about 550 million, that is roughly a third, belong to the white races. About 450 million of these live in Europe. Thus two-thirds of the whole of mankind are made up of members of the various other races, which are under the economic and cultural influence of different white nations, to a great extent even under their political influence as well. As a result of technical inventions and improvements distances are daily growing smaller, and the different sections of mankind are perceptibly being brought closer together. Moreover, through the wide-spread network of commerce our relationships with all the peoples outside the European-American zone of culture have become more numerous and intimate, leading to grave social and intellectual upheavals among the foreign nations. These occurrences and phenomena are the result of the enormous expansion caused by technical invention in Europe. It would be mistaken to regard them as having been deliberately and maliciously planned by the European nations, for technical progress manifested in inventions is a phenomenon less within the range of man's control than is generally imagined. These consequences of technical development have to be reckoned with, whether we will or no. As Mussolini said a short time ago in the course of a statement on the population question: 'A statesman has to think at least fifty years ahead of his age
Economics · Economy · Geography · Paragraph · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · White (mutation · African cultural and philosophical studies · Demography · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2024 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |