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9783039119899

Making History in Mugabe's Zimbabwe

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  • ISBN13:

    9783039119899

  • ISBN10:

    3039119893

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-09-09
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc
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Summary

The crisis that has engulfed Zimbabwe since 2000 is not simply a struggle against dictatorship. It is also a struggle over ideas and deep-seated historical issues, still unresolved from the independence process, that both Robert Mugabe's ZANU PF regime and Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC are vying first to define and then to address. This book traces the role of politicians and public intellectuals in media, civil society and the academy in producing and disseminating a politically usable historical narrative concerning ideas about patriotism, race, land, human rights and sovereignty. It raises pressing questions about the role of contemporary African intellectuals in the making of democratic societies. In so doing the book adds a new and rich dimension to the study of African politics, which is often diluted by the neglect of ideas.

Author Biography

Blessing-Miles Tendi (D.Phil.) is Zimbabwean. He was educated at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. Tendi is a United Kingdom-based researcher in African politics.

Table of Contents

Acronymsp. ix
Glossaryp. xi
Forewordp. xvii
Introductionp. 1
Patriotic History and the Nationalist Public Intellectualsp. 11
Patriotic History and Public Intellectuals Critical of Powerp. 43
Patriotic History and Landp. 73
Patriotic History and Racep. 109
Patriotic HistoryÆs æPatriotsÆ and æSell-OutsÆ Distinctionp. 145
Patriotic History, Sovereignty and Human Rightsp. 173
The MDC and Historyp. 203
Conclusionp. 239
Epiloguep. 255
Bibliographyp. 273
Indexp. 283
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The crisis that has engulfed Zimbabwe since 2000 is not simply a struggle against dictatorship. It is also a struggle over ideas and deep-seated historical issues, still unresolved from the independence process, that both Robert Mugabe's ZANU PF regime and Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC are vying first to define and then to address. This book traces the role of politicians and public intellectuals in media, civil society and the academy in producing and disseminating a politically usable historical narrative concerning ideas about patriotism, race, land, human rights and sovereignty. It raises pressing questions about the role of contemporary African intellectuals in the making of democratic societies. In so doing the book adds a new and rich dimension to the study of African politics, which is often diluted by the neglect of ideas.

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