Cultural Encounters and the Orient
A Study in the Politics of Knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3896608 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shiv Visvanathan (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 69-81 |
| Publication date | 2003-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diogenes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0392-1921 • E-ISSN: 1467-7695 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/03921921030504009 |
| OpenAlex | W2093350896 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Johann Galtung in one of his lectures talks of a painting that hung in the ante-room of the late Ghanaian leader Kwame Nkrumah. It was a giant picture of Nkrumah himself struggling loose from his chains. There is thunder and lightning in the air, and in one corner of the picture are three men, three white men. The first is a capitalist and he carries a briefcase. The second is a missionary and he clutches a Bible. The third, the meekest looking carries a book whose title can be barely read. It is African Political Systems, and the third man is an anthropologist
Cultural knowledge · Far East · Orient · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2018 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |