Radicalism and cultural dislocation in Ethiopia, 1960-1974
By: Messay Kebede.
Series: Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora -- v. 36
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781580462914
Subjects: Radicalism -- Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century; Students -- Ethiopia -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century; Intellectuals -- Ethiopia -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century; Elite (Social sciences) -- Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century; Communism -- Ethiopia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The rise of student radicalism in Ethiopia; title: Eurocentrism and Haile Selassie's educational precept; title: Origins and purpose of Haile Selassie's educational policy; title: Radicalism as a fallout of uprootedness and globality; title: Imitativeness and elitism; title: Ethiopian messianism; title: Religion and social utopianism; title: The sublimation of desertion; title: Objective causes of the radicalization of students and intellectuals.