georges goma-gakissa. outline 1. introduction: economic paradigm of exploitation 2. framework:...
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GEORGES GOMA-GAKISSA
OUTLINE
1. Introduction: Economic Paradigm of
Exploitation
2. Framework: Theoretical Ambition (Ethos &
Praxis)
3. Sociopolitical Instability & African Potentialities
4. Meaning & Impact of Globalization
5. Concrete Determinants of Non-Progress
Intoduction (1)Africa: the Background
Africa and the International
Relations/Competitiveness
International Regulation and its Limits
Democratization and its Ambiguities
Core-Hinterland Theory
Tracking the Paradigm of Economic Exploitation
Fondations of the Concept of Social Progress
INTRODUCTION (2)
INTRODUCTION (3)World Map in 1676 World Map Today
INTRODUCTION (4)
The FrameworkFirst Thinking Sketch & In-Depth Reflection
upon the Black ContinentNeed Strong Theoretical Perspective to Better
UnderstandAfricans (Ethos) Versus Africa (Praxis)Conceptualizing Social Progress in Africa by
Articulating Dimension s of Ethos and PraxisA Third Dimension: Ethical PrinciplesThe Questioning:
What Concretely Social Progress Means?What Explains the Cleavage Nations inProgress &
Nations Lagging Behind and Sometimes in Regression?
What is Nestled at the Transactional Network between People and Nations for the Sake of Social progress?
Sociopolitical Instability & Economic Potentiality
The Social Construction of Political Instability
Major Intra-African Unrests in Post Colonial Era
Forces that Construct the Instability Are:Endogenous: The Conflict for the PowerExogenous: The Best Paternalistic Partner
The Exploitaiton ParadigmFrom SlaveryTo ColonizationAnd Post-Colonization
The Capitalistic Logic & Dynamic
Impact of Globalization in African Countries (1)
Free Trade & Business Not Really a New Phenomenon
Should Lead to Efficient Use of Resources & Benefit
All
Should Help to Rise Global Economy Based on Mutual
Trust & Respect for Each Opinion
Globalization Should Go Hand in Hand with
Democracy
Should Be Pure Business With No Colonialist Design
What this Free Market Means for African Countries? Is
the Outsourcing All Benefit to Them or to Asian
Countries?
Impact of Globalization in African Countries (2)
KnockingWalls Down Sounds Like Colonial Era in the Event of African Countries Remaining Weak & Under Paternalism from the West
Globalization Can Be Viewed As the Process of Strengthning the Hegemony of the West ThroughScientific PowerEconomic PowerTheologic & Religious PowerCultural PowerCrowned By the Military Power
Is Africa Capable of Hegemonism?
Yes Africa Can Be An Hegemonic EntityAfrica Has ALL it NEEDS to LEAD THE WORLD. Since the 15th Century It Has Been A Gorgeous Woman With Generous Breast Everybody Wanted to
Court…
SO WHAT CONCRETELY DETERMINES NON-PROGRESS IN AFRICA?
POLITICAL FACTOR
ECONOMIC FACTOR
ARMED CONFLICTS
DEMOCRACY: (1) A Value and (2) An
Attribute
THE NOTION OF WEALTH: (1) Monetary, (2) Material, & (3)
Cultural
Socialization to the WAR CULTURE
FUNCTIONAL THEORY VSCONFLICT THEORY
Status Quo Vs Change
A SCANDALOUS PARADOX:
Potentially Wealthy But Poorest
ECONOMY OF WEAPONRY
& Self-Destruction
Irrelevance of the CONCEPT OF AID
Persistence of CORE
HINTERLAND THEORIES
THE CYCLE OF CIVIL WARS: Supply,
Recruitment, Destruction,
Reconstruction
AFRICAN EXECUTIVE
Spread Out Around the World
Hurtful Partnership: (1) DICTATORSHIP
AND (2) NEOCOLONIAL ORTHODOXY
FEARSOME WEAPONS: Rape & Sexually Transmitted
Infections
Political Determinants
Economic Determinants
Armed Conflicts in AfricaHow The Bullet That Kills Here, Feeds Over
There…
THERE IS NO CONCLUSION AT THIS POINT OF
REFLECTION
SOCIAL PROGRESS RESULTS IN
RESPONSIBILITY FROM AFRICANS
THEMSELVES
GLOBALIZATION MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL BUT
IS MOSTLY PITYLESS…