Amílcar Cabral
A Theory of Imperialism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4253236 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jock Mcculloch (Parliament of Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 503-511 |
| Publication date | 1981-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x00014993 |
| OpenAlex | W2017404324 |
| Language | CA |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
The speeches and articles of Amílcar Cabral represent an attempt to think of imperialism and the colonial relationship in a new way. His published works sought to explain how a subsistence agricultural society was being transformed under the abnormal conditions attendant upon colonial domination. Superficially, Cabral does not present any new or particularly complex interpretation of colonialism. With the exception of a few rather brief essays, most of his work is a description of a guerrilla war fought against the last of the great colonial powers. Yet the appearance of the terms 'mode of production' and 'productive forces' indicates that his understanding of imperialism is founded on a new set of presuppositions. Cabral used these terms before they became common among the ranks of the 'advanced left', and at a time when the concept of the mode of production was essentially a possession of Soviet Marxism. In the early 1960s, Soviet visions of the 'Asiatic Mode of Production' were achieving much the same effect as modernisation theory in the West. That most of Cabral's important essays were written at this time only emphasises the innovativeness of his work
Colonialism · Economics · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Mode of production · Modernization theory · Political science · Possession (linguistics) · Presupposition · Production (economics) · Sociology · Vision · Anthropology · Chinese history and philosophy · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |