Congoism

Congoism
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Publisher : transcript Verlag
Total Pages : 361
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ISBN-10 : 9783839440377
ISBN-13 : 3839440378
Rating : 4/5 (378 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Congoism by : Johnny Van Hove

Download or read book Congoism written by Johnny Van Hove and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To justify the plundering of today's Democratic Republic of the Congo, U.S. intellectual elites have continuously produced dismissive Congo discourses. Tracing these discourses in great depth and breadth for the first time, Johnny Van Hove shows how U.S. intellectuals (and their influential European counterparts) have been using the Congo in similar fashions for their own goals. Analyzing intellectuals as diverse as W.E.B. Du Bois, Joseph Conrad, and David Van Reybrouck, the book offers a theorization of Central West Africa, a case study of normalized narratives on the "Other", and a stirring wake up call for all contemporary writers on international history and politics.


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