The Russia-Ukraine War from an African Perspective
Title | The Russia-Ukraine War from an African Perspective PDF eBook |
Author | Artwell Nhemachena |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Total Pages | 574 |
Release | 2023-09-30 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9956553077 |
In the Russia-Ukraine war, attention has been focused on the "Special Military Operation" This book argues that there are many other special operations, in various other arenas in the world, that deserve equal and urgent attention. Connecting special military operations to what it calls special economic operations, special cultural operations, special technological operations, special sexual operations and special political operations, the book argues that special operations are not exclusive. AIso drawing on topical debates about technoscience, the book critically examines invasive technologies in relation to bodily autonomy, integrity and privacy, and it urges scholars and thinkers to compare these invasive technological operations to invasive special military operations. The book grapples with the future of humanity in a world where the human is decentred even as the world is witnessing the proliferation of resource wars. The book is relevant for scholars in anthropology, sociology, politics, government studies, international relations, history, media studies, science and technology studies and disaster management.
Incompleteness: Donald Trump, Populism and Citizenship
Title | Incompleteness: Donald Trump, Populism and Citizenship PDF eBook |
Author | B. Nyamnjoh |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Total Pages | 416 |
Release | 2022-01-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 995655216X |
This is a study of how Donald J. Trump, his populist credentials notwithstanding, borrows without acknowledgment and stubbornly refuses to come to terms with his indebtedness. Taken together with mobility and conviviality, the principle of incompleteness enables us to distinguish between inclusionary and exclusionary forms of populism, and when it is fuelled by ambitions of superiority and zero-sum games of conquest. Nyamnjoh challenges the reader to reflect on how stifling frameworks of citizenship and belonging predicated upon hierarchies of humanity and mobility, and driven by a burning but elusive quest for completeness, can be constructively transcended by humility and conviviality inspired by taking incompleteness seriously. Nyamnjoh argues that the logic and practice of incompleteness is a healthy antidote to name-calling and scapegoating others as undesirable outsiders, depending on the brand of populism at play. Recognising incompleteness also helps to question sterile and problematic binaries such as those between elites and the impoverished masses among whom populists go to fish for political visibility, prominence and success.
The Russia-Ukraine War from an African Perspective
Title | The Russia-Ukraine War from an African Perspective PDF eBook |
Author | Artwell Nhemachena |
Publisher | Langaa RPCID |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-08-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9789956553655 |
In the Russia-Ukraine war, attention has been focused on the "Special Military Operation" This book argues that there are many other special operations, in various other arenas in the world, that deserve equal and urgent attention. Connecting special military operations to what it calls special economic operations, special cultural operations, special technological operations, special sexual operations and special political operations, the book argues that special operations are not exclusive. AIso drawing on topical debates about technoscience, the book critically examines invasive technologies in relation to bodily autonomy, integrity and privacy, and it urges scholars and thinkers to compare these invasive technological operations to invasive special military operations. The book grapples with the future of humanity in a world where the human is decentred even as the world is witnessing the proliferation of resource wars. The book is relevant for scholars in anthropology, sociology, politics, government studies, international relations, history, media studies, science and technology studies and disaster management.
The Russia-Ukraine War from an African Perspective
Title | The Russia-Ukraine War from an African Perspective PDF eBook |
Author | Artwell Nhemachena |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | Africa |
ISBN | 9781666939620 |
"This book covers the Russia-Ukraine war, color revolutions, food security, sanctions, decoloniality, democracy, Ukraine-Russia relations, and media reports about the war. It also covers matters of sovereignty in relation to contemporary scholarly debates on deterritorialization, the affective turn, nomadic subjectivities, and nomadic identities"--
Beyond State Crisis?
Title | Beyond State Crisis? PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Beissinger |
Publisher | Woodrow Wilson Center Press |
Total Pages | 538 |
Release | 2002-01-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781930365087 |
The contributors not only study state breakdown but compare the consequences of post-communism with those of post-colonialism.
Stratégie de Sécurité Et Activités de la Russie en Afrique
Title | Stratégie de Sécurité Et Activités de la Russie en Afrique PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Daly |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-02-21 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781619773028 |
Ukraine's Maidan, Russia's War
Title | Ukraine's Maidan, Russia's War PDF eBook |
Author | Mychailo Wynnyckyj |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | 450 |
Release | 2019-04-30 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 3838213270 |
In early 2014, sparked by an assault by their government on peaceful students, Ukrainians rose up against a deeply corrupt, Moscow-backed regime. Initially demonstrating under the banner of EU integration, the Maidan protesters proclaimed their right to a dignified existence; they learned to organize, to act collectively, to become a civil society. Most prominently, they established a new Ukrainian identity: territorial, inclusive, and present-focused with powerful mobilizing symbols. Driven by an urban “bourgeoisie” that rejected the hierarchies of industrial society in favor of a post-modern heterarchy, a previously passive post-Soviet country experienced a profound social revolution that generated new senses: “Dignity” and “fairness” became rallying cries for millions. Europe as the symbolic target of political aspiration gradually faded, but the impact (including on Europe) of Ukraine’s revolution remained. When Russia invaded—illegally annexing Crimea and then feeding continuous military conflict in the Donbas—, Ukrainians responded with a massive volunteer effort and touching patriotism. In the process, they transformed their country, the region, and indeed the world. This book provides a chronicle of Ukraine’s Maidan and Russia’s ongoing war, and puts forth an analysis of the Revolution of Dignity from the perspective of a participant observer.