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Marxist Modern - An Ethnographic History of the Ethiopian Revolution (Paperback)
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Marxist Modern - An Ethnographic History of the Ethiopian Revolution (Paperback)
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Modernity has become a keyword in a number of recent intellectual
discussions. In this book, Donald L. Donham shows that similar
debates have long occurred, particularly among peoples located on
the margins of world power and wealth. Based on extensive fieldwork
in Ethiopia--conducted over a twenty-year period--"Marxist Modern"
provides a cultural history of the Ethiopian revolution that
highlights the role of modernist ideas.
Moving between the capital, Addis Ababa, and Maale, the home of a
small ethnic group in the south, Donham constructs a narrative of
upheaval and change, presenting local people's understandings of
events, as these echoed with and appropriated stories of other
world revolutions. With the help of poststructuralist insights and
theories of narrative, Donham locates a recurrent dialectic between
modernist Marxism, local Maale traditionalisms, and antimodernist,
evangelical Christianity. One of the most consequential outcomes of
this interaction--until the late 1980s--was the creation of a more
powerful state, one that penetrated peasant communities ever more
deeply and pervasively.
Combining sophisticated theory with fascinating ethnographic
detail, this study contributes to the theory of revolution as well
as the study of modernity. In doing so, it seeks to integrate
ethnography and history in a new way.
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