Afrocentrism and World Politics: Towards a New Paradigm / Edition 1

by Errol A. Henderson

Overview

This study presents a refined Afrocentric critique of world politics. Rejecting earlier wholesale condemnations of Eurocentrism, the author instead roots Afrocentrism in its capacity to offer itself as a worldview supportive of scientific paradigms suggesting social science theory. Arguing that African peoples—their history and humanity—are denigrated in many Eurocentric analyses, Henderson makes clear that Africans in particular, though not exclusively, must promote paradigms rooted in their own historical image and interests. The author offers kimira, an historical African-centered paradigm rooted in an analysis of cultural groups, as a distinct framework for explicating global political dynamics, and an appropriate starting point toward a new understanding of international affairs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275951276
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/30/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile:	1390L (what's this?)

About the Author

ERROL ANTHONY HENDERSON is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida, where he teaches International Relations. He is a research associate with the Correlates of War (COW) Project.

Table of Contents

Introduction
A Different Level of Analysis Problem
Paradigms of Eurocentric World Politics
Afrocentrism and World Politics
Towards a Reconstruction and Synthesis of Afrocentric Political Theory
A Kimira Paradigm of World Politics
Conclusion
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

Henderson (political science, U. of Florida) examines the extent to which Afrocentrism poses a viable paradigm of world politics, the degree to which Euro-American centered world politics is white supremacist, and the way culture groups inform world politics. The final chapter presents a Kimira (roughly, a culture-based, Afrocentric) paradigm of world politics. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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