Marxist Modern - An Ethnographic History of the Ethiopian Revolution (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 1999
First published:	June 1999
Authors:	Donald L. Donham
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	236
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-21329-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups
LSN:	0-520-21329-7
Barcode:	9780520213296

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