Is there a French way of explaining African politics?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Is there a French way of explaining African politics?

AU - Chabal, P

PY - 2000/10

Y1 - 2000/10

N2 - This article seeks to uncover the extent to which our ways of understanding contemporary Africa are influenced by our national (historical, cultural, political, intellectual) traditions through an examination of the influential French journal Politique Africaine, whose twentieth anniversary falls this year. In a wide-ranging review article that discusses in detail the 1999 issues of Politique Africaine but is informed by a consideration of the 'deep history' of that journal, the author argues that the French Africanist political scientists whose views appear in the journal are somewhat reluctant to open up to some of the new analysis of Africa available today.

AB - This article seeks to uncover the extent to which our ways of understanding contemporary Africa are influenced by our national (historical, cultural, political, intellectual) traditions through an examination of the influential French journal Politique Africaine, whose twentieth anniversary falls this year. In a wide-ranging review article that discusses in detail the 1999 issues of Politique Africaine but is informed by a consideration of the 'deep history' of that journal, the author argues that the French Africanist political scientists whose views appear in the journal are somewhat reluctant to open up to some of the new analysis of Africa available today.

U2 - 10.1111/1468-2346.00167

DO - 10.1111/1468-2346.00167

M3 - Article

SN - 1468-2346

VL - 76

SP - 825

EP - 832

JO - International Affairs (London)

JF - International Affairs (London)

IS - 4

ER -