Decolonizing democracy from Western cognitive imperialism /

There seems to be a sort of prevalent attitude in the Western world that its brand of democracy is something of a catch all solution for all the world's political problems. Hence, Western imperialism has always been sold under the pretext of spreading freedom and democracy. Democracy is beautif...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mentan, Tatah, 1948- (Author)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: Mankon, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG [2015]
[Oxford, England] : Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective
Acesso em linha:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvh9vw57
Sumário:
  • Preface
  • Introduction : framing the global democratic dynamic
  • Western liberal democracy as cognitive imperialism : a theoretical exploration
  • Globalization and democratization as rewesternization
  • Toward liberation from western democracy's cognitive imperialism.