书目名称 | Robert Mugabe and the Will to Power in an African Postcolony |
编辑 | William J. Mpofu |
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概述 | Presents a highly original argument for rethinking the figure of Mugabe through the perspective of the Will to Power.Examines the figure of Mugabe and his politics through a range of philosophical con |
丛书名称 | African Histories and Modernities |
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描述 | This book is a philosopher’s view into the chaotic postcolony of Zimbabwe, delving into Robert Mugabe’s Will to Power. The Will to Power refers to a spirited desire for power and overwhelming fear of powerlessness that Mugabe artfully concealed behind performances of invincibility. Nietzsche’s philosophical concept of the Will to Power is interpreted and expanded in this book to explain how a tyrant is produced and enabled, and how he performs his tyranny. Achille Mbembe’s novel concept of the African postcolony is mobilised to locate Zimbabwe under Mugabe as a domain of the madness of power. The book describes Mugabe’s development from a vulnerable youth who was intoxicated with delusions of divine commission to a monstrous tyrant of the postcolony who mistook himself for a political messiah. This account exposes how post-political euphoria about independence from colonialism and the heroism of one leader can easily lead to the degeneration of leadership. However, this book is as muchabout bad leadership as it is about bad followership. Away from Eurocentric stereotypes where tyranny is isolated to African despots, this book shows how Mugabe is part of an extended family of tyrant |
出版日期 | Book 2021 |
关键词 | Mugabeism; Postcolony; Zimbabwean politics; History of Zimbabwe; Tyranny; Anti-colonialism; Nietzsche; Mach |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47879-7 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-47881-0 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-47879-7Series ISSN 2634-5773 Series E-ISSN 2634-5781 |
issn_series | 2634-5773 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |