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Civil wars, corporate exploitation, AIDS, and Ebola--but also democracy, burgeoning cities, and unprecedented communication and mobility: the future of Africa has never been more uncertain. Indeed, that future is one of the most complex issues in contemporary anthropology, as evidenced by the incredible wealth of ideas offered in this landmark volume. A consortium comprised of some of the most important scholars of Africa today, this book surveys an intellectual landscape of opposed perspectives in order to think within the contradictions that characterize this central question: Where is Africa headed?             The experts in this book address Africa's future as it is embedded within various social and cultural forms emerging on the continent today: the reconfiguration of the urban, the efflorescence of signs and wonders and gospels of prosperity, the assorted techniques of legality and illegality, lotteries and Ponzi schemes, apocalyptic visions, a yearning for exile, and many other phenomena. Bringing together social, political, religious, and economic viewpoints, the book reveals not one but multiple prospects for the future of Africa. In doing so, it offers a pathbreaking model of pluralistic and open-ended thinking and a powerful tool for addressing the vexing uncertainties that underlie so many futures around the world.    

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Plný název: African Futures
• Autor: Brian Goldstone, Juan Obarrio
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 264
• EAN: 9780226402383
• ISBN: 022640238X
• ID: 11360940
• Nakladatelství: The University of Chicago Press
• Hmotnost: 414 g
• Rozměry: 231 × 152 × 22 mm
• Datum vydání: 31. January 2017

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