The politics of war and the culture of violence : north-south essays / by Ali A. Mazrui ; edited by Seifudein Adem and Abdul Samed Bemath.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mazrui, Ali AlʼAmin
Other Authors: Adem, Seifudein
Bemath, Abdul Samed
Language:English
Published: Trenton NJ : Africa World Press, [2008], ©2008.
Subjects:
Political violence > Africa.
Conflict management > Africa.
Africa > Social conditions.
Physical Description:xiv, 320 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The polity as family and fortress
  • Phallic symbols in politics and war
  • The resurrection of the warrior tradition
  • Conflict in Africa : an overview
  • Conflict and the bondage of boundaries
  • Nationalism, ethnicity and violence : the culture and ethnicity of combat
  • Liberation wars as clashes of civilizations : from Nelson Mandela to Yasir Arafat
  • Nationalism, power and Africa at war : in search of pan-African solutions
  • Towards postcolonial pacification : Africa between war and peace
  • Numerical strength and nuclear status in the politics of the third world
  • The barrel of the gun and the barrel of oil
  • The computer culture and nuclear power : African implications
  • Africa in a world of disorder : waning racism and waxing culture conflict
  • Between global governance and global war : Africa before and after September 11
  • Conflicts of identity and conflicts of values : Africa between ethnicity and religion.