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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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2019
In:
The Journal of Modern African Studies Vol. 57, No. 2 ( 2019-06), p. 325-337
In:
The Journal of Modern African Studies, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 57, No. 2 ( 2019-06), p. 325-337
Abstract:
I suggest that the recent furore over Gilley's article on colonialism raises at least three distinct issues both within academia and the wider space of public debate. The first concerns the category of ‘offence’, who can be offended and by what. The second concerns the nature of colonialism, its contemporary understanding and why that remains politically controversial. The third concerns possible continuities between certain aspects of colonial rule and current forms of Western intervention in Africa. In each case I make some very tentative suggestions as to why one journal article attracted so much attention and antagonism.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0022-278X
,
1469-7777
DOI:
10.1017/S0022278X19000090
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2019
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1481954-5
SSG:
6,31
SSG:
3,6
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