Imagining the Congo

The International Relations of Identity

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

Understanding the civil war in Congo requires an examination of how the Congo's identity has been imagined over time. This text historicizes and contextualizes the constructions of the Congo's identity in order to analyze the political implications of that identity, looking in detail at four historical periods in which the identity of the Congo was contested, with numerous forces attempting to produce and attach meanings to its territory and people. It looks specifically at how what it calls the "imaginings" of the Congo have allowed the current state of affairs there to develop, but also looks at the broader conceptual question of how the concept of identity has developed and become important in international relations scholarship.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-06-27
Mått:140 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt:306 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:221
Upplaga:2003
Förlag:Palgrave USA
ISBN:9781403961600

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KEVIN DUNN is Assistant Professor, Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He is the co-editor of Africa's Challenge to International Relations Theory (Palgrave 2001).

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'This is an important and engaging book. Kevin Dunn has combined a sophisticated discussion of the dominant representations of the 'Congo' with careful attention to wider 'international' trends as well as processes on the ground in Africa...I can find very little to disagree with in this book.' - Mark T. Berger, European Journal of Development

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Inventing the Congo: Henry Morton Stanley, Leopold II, and the 'Red Rubber' Scandal Congo as Chaos, Lumumba as Diable: Independence and the 1960s Crisis From Congo to Zaire: Mobutu's Production of an "Authentic" National Identity Cancer, Kabila, and the Congo: Central Africa at the end of the 20th Century Conclusion