Negotiating African Culture: Toward a Decolonization of the Fetish

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface xi
5. I Globalization and Philosophy
6. Beyond Eurocentrism: The World-System and the Limits of Modernity 3
7. Globalization, Civilization Processes, and the Relocation of languages and Cultures 32
8. Notes on Globalization as a Philosophical Issue 54
9. II Alternative Localities
10. Global Fragments: A Second Latinamericanism 81
11. Toward a Regional Imaginary in Africa 103
12. Negotiating African Culture: Toward a Decolonization of the Fetish 125
13. The End of Free States: On Transnationalization of Culture 146
14. Is There an Alternative to (Capitalist) Globalization? The Debate about Modernity in China 164
15. III Culture and the Nation
16. Globalization and Culture: Navigating the Void 191
17. Nations and Literatures in the Age of Globalization 218
18. Media in a Capitalist Culture 230
19. "Globalization," Culture, and the University 247
20. IV Consumerism and Ideology
21. Dollarization, Fragmentation, and God 273
22. Social Movements and Global Capitalism 291
23. "Environmental Justice" (Local and Global) 312
24. What's Green and Makes the Environment Go Round? 327
25. Free Trade and Free Market: Pretense and Practice 356
26. In Place of a Conclusion 371
27. Index 385
28. Contributors 391