Thinking the State from Africa
Political Theory, Eurocentrism and Concrete Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7974472 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suren Pillay (University of the Western Cape, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 32-47 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politikon (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0258-9346 • E-ISSN: 1470-1014 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02589346.2018.1418203 |
| OpenAlex | W2793597831 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 36 |
This paper is divided into two parts. In the first section, I describe a project that we have underway at University of Western Cape, to rethink Political Theory and Philosophy. It is a project partly responsive to the questions that have been raised over the last two years in South African universities, about rethinking the curriculum and 'decolonizing knowledge'. The second part of this paper will offer a description of a course that I have been teaching at Honours and Masters level on Political Violence and the Modern State. In recounting these two projects I wish to contribute to possible ways we might reconstitute the genealogy of the modern state from an African vantage point, and therefore to think about how this might be done in a way that is not Eurocentric
Backwardness · Economic system · Economics · Eurocentrism · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Computer Science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Law
Anthropology & the colonial encounter
Writing Culture
Settler Colonialism and Land Rights in South Africa
The Black Hole of Empire
Provincializing Europe
Discipline and Punish
The Invention of Africa
The Hollow Crown
The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa
African intellectuals
Interpreting across Boundaries
In the Beginning Was the Deed
Liberalism and Empire
The Nation and Its Fragments
Decoloniality as the Future of Africa
Saviours and survivors
Kant’s Political Writings
On the Postcolony
Response to “What Is Comparative Political Theory
Introduction
What Is Comparative Political Theory
Comparative Political Theory
Is Liberalism the Only Way Toward Democracy
Realism in political theory
Sovereigns, Quasi Sovereigns, and Africans
Eurocentrism and its Avatars
Political Obligation in Its Historical Context
After Colonialism
Another Realism
Citizen and Subject
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |