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857372
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Neocosmos, Michael.
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Thinking Freedom in Africa : : Toward a Theory of Emancipatory Politics.
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Chicago :: Wits University Press,, 2017.
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1 online resource (676 pages)
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186814867X
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: 1868148696
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: 9781868148677
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: 9781868148691
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Politics is thought, thought is real, people think; Part 1: Thinking political sequences: From African history to African historical political sequences; 1. Theoretical introduction: Understanding historical political sequences; 2. From Saint-Domingue to Haiti: The politics of freedom and equality, 1791-1960; 3. Are those-who-do-not-count capable of reason? On the limits of historical thought; 4. The National Liberation Struggle mode of politics in Africa, 1945-1975.
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10. Marxism and the politics of representation: The 'agrarian question' and the limits of political economy -- class, nation and the party-state11. Thinking beyond representation, acting beyond representation: Accounting for worker subjectivities in South Africa; 12. Renaming the state in Africa today; 13. Domains of state politics and systemic violence: The concept of 'uncivil society'; 14. The domain of civil society and its politics; 15. The domain of traditional society and its politics; 16. Towards a politics of solidarity: Feminist contributions.
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5. The People's Power mode of politics in South Africa, 1984-19866. From national emancipation to national chauvinism in South Africa, 1973-2013; 7. Rethinking militancy in the current sequence: Beyond politics as agency; 8. Understanding fidelity to the South African emancipatory event: The Treatment Action Campaign and Abahlali baseMjondolo; Part 2: Opening up the thought of politics in Africa today: Exceeding the limits of sociology: Beyond representation; 9. Theoretical introduction: Social representation, modes of rule and political prescriptions.
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Conclusion: Reclaiming the domain of freedomBibliography; Index.
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Badiou, Alain-- Political and social views.
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Fanon, Frantz,1925-1961-- Political and social views.
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Lazarus, Sylvain-- Political and social views.
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Rancière, Jacques-- Political and social views.
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Badiou, Alain.
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Fanon, Frantz,1925-1961.
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Rancière, Jacques.
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Liberty-- Philosophy.
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Political science-- Philosophy.
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HISTORY-- Africa-- South-- General.
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Liberty-- Philosophy.
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Political and social views.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- National.
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Political science-- Philosophy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Reference.
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Politics and government.
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Africa, History, 20th century.
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Africa, Politics and government, 20th century.
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Africa.
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| Dewey Classification
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320.011
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| LC Classification
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JC578
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