Congoism : : Congo discourses in the United States from 1800 to the present / / Johnny Van Hove.
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 Eur...
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| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Histoire (Transcript (Firm)) ;
Volume 121. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 pages) :; illustrations. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Frontmatter 1 Content 5 Acknowledgements 7 Introduction: Shifting Perspectives on the Congo: Re-Reading Central West Africa 9 First Chapter. From Slave to Savage: The Realization of a Topos (1800-1885) 53 Second Chapter. Between Art and Atrocity: Epistemic Multiplication and Standardization (1885-1945) 135 Third Chapter. Revolution, Reform, Reproduction: Strategies and Limitations for Change (1945-Present) 243 Conclusion. Doing Damage, or Re-Writing Central West Africa 303 References 319 | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 545 | 0 | |8 1\u |a Johnny Van Hove (PhD) works as a scientific consultant in the field of migration. He writes for various news media in Germany, the U.S., and Belgium. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
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| 653 | |a American History. | ||
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| 653 | |a History of Colonialism. | ||
| 653 | |a History. | ||
| 653 | |a Joseph Conrad. | ||
| 653 | |a Malcom X. | ||
| 653 | |a Neocolonialism. | ||
| 653 | |a Postcolonialism. | ||
| 653 | |a Racism. | ||
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