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is clear in the early statements of the approach (Wallerstein 1 974b). This idea attracted other concepts of systems analysis—a boundary, internal differentiation of functions, subsystems, and so on. This powerful tendency to reification led one current of world-system research to devise models of the pulsations within a capitalist world- economy, and led another into a trawl through history for world-systems great and small (Chase-Dunn and Grimes 1995). It led quite early to the idea that the future could be inferred from world-systems’ laws of motion. In the later writing of Wallerstein (1999) and Chase-Dunn (2002), the once-fruitful research paradigm has turned into portentous speculation. The underlying problem of the social-scientific approaches considered in this chapter is their geopolitical logic. They rely exclusively on the metropole for their intellectual tools and assumptions, and therefore treat the majority world as object. This closes off the possibility of social science working as a shared learning process, a dialogue, at the level of theory. Inhabitants of the majority world are not just the objects of theory, the data mine for social science. They are also the subjects—the producers of theory about the social world and their own place in it. Lo o ki n g south We see this in works specifically about globalisation, such as Néstor GarcIa Canclini’s La globalizacion imaginada (1999), Milton Santos’s (2000) Por uma outra globalizaçao, and Vinay Lal’s Empire of Knowledge (2002), three recent contributions that move beyond the parameters of the metropolitan literature. La!, for instance, gives a central role to systemic violence in creating and maintaining global inequalities, and argues the systemic significance of non-violent strategies of change. We also see this more generally. Every colonised culture produces interpretations of imperialism. Intellectuals in the majority world have been studying empire, colonisation and globalisation processes as long as intellectuals in the metropole have. This represents a huge resource for learning, which metropolitan social science currently discards. Because of the metropole’s hegemonic position in the global organisation of social science (as Sonntag (1999) shows for sociology), this waste is difficult to contest. Just how difficult can be seen in rich peripheral countries, which have the economic resources to produce alternatives, but not necessarily the desire. In the next chapter I take up this problem in the case I know best, Australia.

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clea

rly

inth

ein

trod

ucti

on:

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opos

eto

desc

ribe

the

rise

and

the

prog

ress

ofth

epr

inci

pal

inst

itutio

nsth

atar

eco

mm

onto

the

natio

nsof

the

Ary

anra

ce. I

shal

len

deav

our t

oill

ustr

ate

the

soci

alor

gani

zatio

nun

der w

hich

our r

emot

efo

refa

ther

sliv

ed. I

shal

l,so

far a

sIa

mab

le, t

race

the

mod

esof

thou

ght

and

offe

elin

gw

hich

,in

thei

r mut

ual r

elat

ions

, inf

luen

ced

thei

r con

duct

.Is

hall

indi

cate

the

germ

sof

thos

ein

stitu

tions

whi

chha

veno

wat

tain

edso

high

ade

velo

pmen

t;an

dI s

hall

atte

mpt

tosh

owth

eci

rcum

stan

ces

inw

hich

polit

ical

soci

ety

took

itsri

se,

and

the

step

sby

whi

ch,

inW

este

rnE

urop

e,it

supp

lant

edits

anci

ent r

ival

. (H

earn

1878

: 2)

Seve

ral t

hing

sar

ein

tere

stin

gab

out t

his

pass

age.

The

tone

isso

ber—

this

isin

tend

edas

ate

chni

cal

cont

ribu

tion

tosc

ienc

e,no

ta

popu

lari

sati

on.

Hea

rnm

akes

asi

mpl

eid

enti

fica

tion

wit

hE

urop

eans

(‘ou

rre

mot

efo

refa

ther

s’),

refl

ectin

gth

eid

eaof

Aus

tral

ian

colo

nist

sas

tran

spla

nted

Bri

tons

. The

reis

acl

ear

pres

uppo

sitio

nof

prog

ress

(‘so

high

ade

velo

pm

ent’

).N

otab

leal

sois

Hea

rn’s

open

ing

ofa

cont

rast

betw

een

two

type

sof

soci

ety.

Thi

sis

anea

rly

exam

ple

ofth

ete

chni

que

ofgr

and

ethn

ogra

phy

(Cha

pter

1),

whi

chso

onbe

cam

ece

ntra

lto

met

ropo

lita

nso

ciol

ogis

ts’

repr

esen

tatio

nsof

time

and

prog

ress

. Afe

wpa

ges

late

r,H

earn

give

sa

very

clea

rsu

mm

ary

ofth

isw

ayof

repr

esen

ting

chan

ge:

Inal

l its

lead

ing

char

acte

rist

ics—

polit

ical

, leg

al, r

elig

ious

, eco

nom

ic—

arch

aic

soci

ety

pres

ents

aco

mpl

ete

cont

rast

toth

atin

whi

chw

eliv

e.

..no

cent

ral

gove

rnm

ent

-.

.no

nati

onal

chur

ch.

..fe

wco

ntr

acts

..

.M

enliv

edac

cord

ing

toth

eir

cust

oms

..

.T

hey

wer

epr

otec

ted,

or,

ifne

edw

ere,

aven

ged,

byth

ehe

lpof

thei

rki

nsm

en.

The

rew

as,i

nsh

ort,

neit

her

indi

vidu

alno

rSt

ate.

The

clan

, or

som

e

asso

ciat

ion

foun

ded

upon

the

mod

elof

the

clan

, and

itssu

bdiv

isio

ns,

fille

dth

ew

hole

ofou

rfo

refa

ther

s’so

cial

life

(Hea

rn18

78:4

—5)

.

The

rest

ofth

ebo

okfi

llsou

tth

isco

ntra

st.

Ittr

aver

ses

ara

nge

ofso

ciol

ogic

alth

emes

:th

ena

ture

ofcu

stom

,th

epo

siti

onof

wom

en,

the

soci

alor

gani

sati

onof

the

hous

ehol

d,ty

pes

ofas

soci

atio

n,ty

pes

ofpo

wer

,an

dth

ere

lati

onsh

ipbe

twee

nth

est

ate

and

civi

lso

ciet

y.B

utth

ere

ison

eod

dity

.Hea

rn,a

lthou

ghhe

lived

ina

colo

ny,f

ound

his

exam

ples

rigo

rous

lyin

the

earl

yhi

stor

yof

the

‘Ary

an’

nati

ons

ofE

urop

ean

dth

eir

supp

osed

ance

stor

s.It

may

part

lybe

for

that

reas

onth

atH

earn

’sbr

illi

antb

egin

ning

foun

dfe

wA

ustr

alia

nfo

llow

ers;

hecr

eate

dno

loca

lsch

oolo

fsoc

iolo

gica

l res

earc

h.H

iste

xtw

as,r

athe

r,a

cont

ribu

tion

from

the

colo

nies

toth

em

etro

polit

anli

tera

ture

ofsp

ecul

atio

nab

out

soci

alpr

ogre

ss.

The

rew

asno

inst

itu

tion

alis

atio

nof

‘soc

iolo

gy’

inth

eco

loni

alun

iver

sitie

s,an

ym

ore

than

ther

ew

asat

Oxf

ord

orC

ambr

idge

.Whe

nin

the

1880

sth

eU

nive

rsity

ofSy

dney

bega

nto

mod

erni

seit

sba

dly

outd

ated

Art

scu

rric

ulum

,it

deve

lope

dm

oder

nhi

stor

y,ph

iloso

phy

and

polit

ical

econ

omy,

butd

idno

ttr

yto

deve

lop

soci

olog

y(T

urne

y,B

ygot

t and

Chi

ppen

dale

1991

:271

if.).

Tha

tde

velo

pmen

toc

curr

edsh

ortl

yaf

terw

ards

inN

orth

Am

eric

anun

iver

sitie

s.T

heex

plos

ion

ofun

derg

radu

ate

soci

olog

yco

urse

s,te

xtbo

oks,

prof

essi

onal

orga

nisa

tion

san

dre

sear

chou

tput

inA

mer

ican

colle

ges

met

with

anup

surg

eof

inte

rest

inso

ciol

ogy

acro

ssth

eN

orth

Atla

ntic

, inc

ludi

ng

the

firs

tch

air

ofso

ciol

ogy

inB

rita

inin

1907

.It

was

thes

eev

ents

that

Fra

ncis

And

erso

n,ap

poin

ted

toa

chai

rof

phil

osop

hydu

ring

the

Uni

vers

ity

ofSy

dney

reno

vati

onof

Art

s,ha

din

min

dw

hen

hede

liver

edth

e19

11le

ctur

eth

atis

ofte

nta

ken

asth

est

arti

ng

poin

tofA

ustr

alia

nso

ciol

ogy.

Soci

olog

yin

Aus

tral

ia: A

Plea

fori

tsTe

achi

ng,

publ

ishe

dth

ene

xtye

aras

anel

even

-pag

epa

mph

let,

was

not

aw

ork

of

soci

olog

y,no

rwas

And

erso

nin

any

sens

ea

soci

olog

ist.

He

was

apro

fess

iona

lph

ilos

ophe

rw

hohe

lda

Com

tean

view

ofth

est

ruct

ure

ofsc

ienc

e.In

this

view

,soc

iolo

gyw

asth

e‘m

othe

rsc

ienc

e’th

atst

ated

the

broa

dpr

inci

ples

ofw

hich

spec

ific

scie

nces

such

asec

onom

ics

wer

eex

ampl

es.

Soci

olog

y’s

task

was

‘to

asce

rtai

nth

ena

tura

lla

ws

whi

char

em

anif

este

din

soci

algr

owth

’(A

nder

son

1912

:10

).A

nder

son

seiz

edup

onth

ere

cent

expa

nsio

n

ofec

onom

ics

and

com

mer

cete

achi

ngat

the

Uni

vers

ityof

Sydn

eyto

argu

eth

atth

em

othe

rsc

ienc

esh

ould

also

beta

ught

.

The

dis

cover

yof

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rali

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kin

gso

uth

And

erso

n’s

view

ofso

ciol

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was

,in

1912

,alr

eady

alit

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ted.

With

in

ten

year

s,th

ew

hole

syst

emof

evol

utio

nary

soci

alsc

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dits

law

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ldbe

plun

ged

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term

inal

cris

is.N

othi

nglik

eA

nder

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prog

ram

coul

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ssib

lybe

impl

emen

ted.

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lect

ure

mar

ksth

een

dof

an

era

rath

erth

anth

ebe

ginn

ing:

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tean

theo

ryne

verg

otes

tabl

ishe

dhe

re.

But

ther

ew

asan

othe

rfe

atur

eof

colo

nial

real

ityth

atdi

dm

ake

Aus

tral

ia

impo

rtan

tfo

rso

ciol

ogy

inth

eni

nete

enth

cent

ury.

As

Ish

owed

inC

hapt

er1,

repo

rts

from

the

colo

nise

dw

orld

beca

me

a

maj

orda

taso

urce

for

evol

utio

nary

soci

alsc

ienc

e.In

the

pref

ace

tohi

s

grea

tw

ork

Pri

mit

ive

Cul

ture

,E

dwar

dT

ylor

(187

3)m

ade

a‘g

ener

al

ackn

owle

dgm

ent

ofob

liga

tion

sto

wri

ters

onet

hnog

raph

yan

dki

ndre

d

scie

nces

,as

wel

las

tohi

stor

ians

,tra

velle

rs,a

ndm

issi

onar

ies’

(187

3:I,

vi).

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obse

rver

spr

ovid

edso

ciol

ogis

tsw

ith

rich

docu

men

tati

onof

the

prim

itiv

ew

hich

thei

rgr

and

ethn

ogra

phy

soug

htto

cont

rast

wit

hth

e

adva

nced

soci

ety

ofth

em

etro

pole

.

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Bri

tish

conq

uest

ofA

ustr

alia

was

noex

cept

ion.

The

firs

tcol

onia

l

gove

rnor

was

inst

ruct

edto

mak

eco

ntac

tw

ithth

ena

tives

and

take

them

unde

rhi

spr

otec

tion

,w

hich

hedu

tifu

lly

atte

mpt

edto

do.

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repo

rts

laun

ched

Bri

tish

colo

nial

adm

inis

trat

ion

ona

see-

saw

ofco

ncil

iati

on,

coer

cion

and

hand

-wri

ngin

gov

erth

egr

owin

gfr

onti

ervi

olen

cebe

twee

n

settl

ers

and

Abo

rigi

nes.

Thi

sla

sted

unti

lthe

whi

teco

loni

sts

had

seiz

edth

e

rich

estl

and

inea

ster

nA

ustr

alia

and

pers

uade

dW

hite

hall

togr

ant

them

cont

rol

ofth

ere

st,

inth

efo

rmof

resp

onsi

ble

gove

rnm

ent—

inot

her

wor

ds,q

uasi

-ind

epen

denc

e.A

ccou

nts

ofth

ispr

oces

s,w

ithde

scri

ptio

nsof

the

Abo

rigi

nal

com

mun

itie

sto

who

mit

was

appl

ied,

flow

edba

ckto

Bri

tain

.A

nota

ble

exam

ple

com

esfr

omon

eof

the

grea

tsc

ient

ific

docu

men

ts

ofth

eag

e.C

harl

esD

arw

in’s

Jour

nal

ofR

esea

rche

s(b

ette

rkn

own

asT

he

Voy

age

ofth

eB

eagl

e)co

ntai

nsa

chap

ter

abou

this

visi

tto

Sydn

eyan

dtr

ip

over

the

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eM

ount

ains

,an

dth

ensh

ort

visi

tsto

Van

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men

’sL

and

(now

Tas

man

ia)

and

Kin

gG

eorg

e’s

Sou

nd(n

owW

este

rnA

ustr

alia

).

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ehe

wit

ness

eda

‘cor

robe

ry’

ofth

eW

hite

Coc

kato

ope

ople

.His

des

crip

tion

ends

:

Whe

nbo

thtr

ibes

min

gled

inth

eda

nce,

the

grou

ndtr

embl

edw

ith

the

heav

ines

sof

thei

rst

eps,

and

the

air

reso

unde

dw

ith

thei

rw

ild

crie

s.E

very

one

appe

ared

inhi

ghsp

irit

s,an

dth

egr

oup

ofne

arly

The

dis

covery

of

Aust

rali

a77

nake

dfi

gure

s,vi

ewed

byth

elig

htof

the

blaz

ing

fire

s,al

l mov

ing

inhi

deou

sha

rmon

y,fo

rmed

ape

rfec

tdi

spla

yof

afe

stiv

alam

ongs

t the

low

est b

arba

rian

s(D

arw

in18

39: 4

26).

Des

pite

the

pejo

rati

ves,

Dar

win

was

not

host

ile

toth

eA

ustr

alia

nA

bori

gina

l gro

ups

hem

et. H

ead

mir

edth

eir

bush

craf

t and

hunt

ing

skill

s,sy

mpa

this

edw

ith

thei

rvu

lner

abil

ity

toim

port

eddi

seas

es,

and

did

not

blam

eth

emfo

rth

efr

onti

ervi

olen

ce.

But

hedi

dre

gard

the

Aus

tral

ian

Abo

rigi

nes

asa

mor

epr

imiti

vepe

ople

than

the

Bri

tish;

heex

pect

edth

eir

extin

ctio

n,an

dhe

saw

this

asan

unav

oida

ble

cons

eque

nce

ofa

stro

nger

vari

ety

ofm

anm

eeti

nga

wea

ker:

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reve

rth

eE

urop

ean

has

trod

, dea

thse

ems

topu

rsue

the

abor

igin

al’

(Dar

win

1839

: 411

).H

undr

eds

ofsu

chac

coun

tsof

nativ

elif

ein

Aus

tral

ia—

som

em

uch

mor

esu

bsta

ntia

l tha

nD

arw

in’s

—ca

me

back

toth

em

etro

pole

and

beca

me

part

ofth

era

wm

ater

ial f

rom

whi

chev

olut

iona

ryso

cial

scie

nce

was

built

.I

coul

dgi

veex

ampl

esfr

omve

ryw

ell-

know

nw

rite

rsin

clud

ing

Tyl

orhi

mse

lfan

dW

illi

amG

raha

mS

umne

r,bu

tw

ill

quot

eju

ston

e,th

epr

ogre

ssiv

eli

bera

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este

rW

ard.

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eyin

gth

era

ces

ofm

anki

ndin

his

Dyn

amic

Soci

olog

y,W

ard

(189

7)de

clar

ed:

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ong

othe

rve

rylo

wsa

vage

race

sm

aybe

men

tion

edth

eFu

egia

ns,

who

,th

ough

ofra

ther

larg

est

atur

e,ar

em

enta

lly

little

supe

rior

toan

imal

s;th

eab

orig

inal

Aus

tral

ians

ofth

ein

teri

or, w

ho, a

long

wit

hot

her

sim

ian

char

acte

rist

ics,

are

near

lyde

stitu

teof

the

fles

hym

uscl

esco

nsti

tuti

ngth

eca

lfof

the

leg

(gas

troc

nem

ius

and

sole

us)

..

.M

any

ofth

ese

trib

esan

dra

ces

live

alm

ost

entir

ely

afte

rth

em

anne

rof

wild

beas

ts,

havi

ngno

thin

gth

atca

nbe

calle

dgo

vern

men

t,re

ligio

n,or

soci

ety

(189

7:II

,418

).

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eof

thes

eth

eori

sts

had

visi

ted

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tral

iaor

met

anA

ustr

alia

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bori

gina

lpe

rson

,an

dno

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ade

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atte

mpt

tove

rify

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rst

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ing

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,in

War

d’s

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ses,

undo

ubte

dly

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aim

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ustr

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ality

for

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eco

nstr

ucti

onof

asc

ient

ific

fant

asy

ofth

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imit

ive,

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chin

turn

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ated

ado

ctri

neof

soci

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olut

ion.

Aus

tral

ia’s

role

inth

em

akin

gof

soci

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y,lik

eth

atof

the

rest

ofth

eco

loni

sed

wor

ld, w

asto

bea

data

min

e,a

sour

ceof

ethn

ogra

phic

exam

ples

ofth

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imiti

ve. W

ithin

the

colo

nise

dw

orld

,Aus

tral

iaha

dth

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phic

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rvat

ion

was

repl

acin

g

‘his

tori

ans,

trav

elle

rsan

dm

issi

onar

ies’

asth

eke

yso

urce

ofin

form

atio

n

abou

tno

n-E

urop

ean

peop

les

inth

ein

tell

ectu

alsh

ift

that

prod

uced

mod

ern

soci

alan

thro

polo

gy.

Som

eof

this

pion

eeri

ngw

ork

was

done

in

Aus

tral

ia,a

ndam

ong

the

mos

tin

flue

ntia

lwas

rese

arch

cond

ucte

din

the

1890

s,in

the

cent

rald

eser

taro

und

Alic

eSp

ring

s,by

Bal

dwin

Spen

cer

and

F.J.

Gil

en.

Bac

kin

Pari

s,Sp

ence

ran

dG

illen

’sw

ell-

illu

stra

ted

repo

rtTh

eN

ativ

e

Trib

esof

Cen

tral

Aus

tral

iaw

asre

adw

ithen

thus

iasm

byD

urkh

eim

and

his

colle

ague

s.It

was

war

mly

revi

ewed

inL’

anné

eso

ciol

ogiq

ue,a

nda

deca

de

late

rbe

cam

eth

em

ain

empi

rica

lba

sis

for

Dur

khei

m’s

last

book

,T

he

Ele

men

tary

Form

sof

Rel

igio

usLi

fe,p

ubli

shed

in19

12.

Inth

isbo

ok,t

hecu

stom

san

dm

ytho

logy

ofth

eA

rrer

nte

peop

leas

they

stoo

din

the

late

nine

teen

thce

ntur

ybe

cam

eth

eba

sis

for

age

nera

l

soci

olog

yof

relig

ion.

Dur

khei

m,

like

mos

tso

ciol

ogis

tsw

how

rote

abou

t

‘Aus

tra1

ians

unde

rsto

odlit

tleof

the

dive

rsity

ordy

nam

ism

ofIn

dige

nous

cultu

res

inA

ustr

alia

.Dur

khei

mkn

ewth

ere

wer

edi

ffer

ent

com

mun

itie

s,

butb

elie

ved

they

wer

e‘p

erfe

ctly

hom

ogen

eous

’bec

ause

thei

rso

ciet

ies

‘all

belo

ngto

one

com

mon

type

’(D

urkh

eim

1912

:95

).T

heA

rrer

nte

wer

e

used

for

one

reas

on.

Dur

khei

mth

ough

the

had

foun

d,in

Spen

cer

and

Gill

en’s

ethn

ogra

phy,

ade

taile

dde

scri

ptio

nof

the

mos

tpri

mit

ive

form

of

reli

gion

,an

dhe

thou

ght

that

byst

udyi

ngth

em

ost

prim

itiv

efo

rm,

he

coul

dre

veal

the

mos

tfu

ndam

enta

ltr

uths

abou

tre

ligi

on.

The

reis

no

ambi

guity

abou

tthi

s.D

urkh

eim

says

exac

tly:

Inth

isbo

okw

epr

opos

eto

stud

yth

em

ost

prim

itiv

ean

dsi

mpl

e

relig

ion

whi

chis

actu

ally

know

n.

..A

relig

ious

syst

emm

aybe

said

to

beth

em

ostp

rim

itiv

e..

.in

the

firs

tpla

cew

hen

itis

foun

din

aso

ciet

y

who

seor

gani

zati

onis

surp

asse

dby

noot

hers

insi

mpl

icit

y;an

d

seco

ndly

whe

nit

ispo

ssib

leto

expl

ain

itw

itho

utm

akin

gus

eof

any

elem

entb

orro

wed

from

apr

evio

usre

ligio

n(D

urkh

eim

1912

:1)

.

‘Aus

tral

ian

tote

mis

m’

fitte

dth

ebi

ll,be

caus

eA

ustr

alia

nA

bori

gine

sha

d

the

mos

tpr

imiti

vedo

cum

ente

dso

ciet

y.H

ere

the

crud

era

cism

ofa

War

d

orS

umne

ris

tran

scen

ded—

upto

apo

int.

Dur

khei

m’s

prej

udic

eta

kes

ave

ryso

phis

tica

ted

form

;hi

sso

ciol

ogy

embe

dsa

deep

lyet

hnoc

entr

icvi

ewpo

int

none

thel

ess.

And

itco

ncea

lsa

radi

cal

mis

unde

rsta

ndin

gof

Aus

tral

ian

Indi

geno

uscu

lture

s.T

his

was

alre

ady

know

able

inD

urkh

eim

’sda

y.In

abi

ting

revi

ewof

The

Ele

men

tary

Form

spu

blis

hed

the

follo

win

gye

ar, t

hean

thro

polo

gist

van

Gen

nep

(cel

ebra

ted

for

his

wor

kon

‘rite

sof

pass

age’

)po

inte

dou

ttha

t the

book

was

ridd

led

with

doub

tful

fact

ual

clai

ms.

But

, mor

eim

port

antl

y,it

was

base

don

am

onum

enta

l con

cept

ual e

rror

—an

erro

r,Iw

ould

say,

that

infe

cted

the

who

leen

terp

rise

ofev

olut

iona

ryso

ciol

ogy:

The

idea

he[D

urkh

eim

]ha

sde

rive

dfr

omth

em[t

heet

hnog

raph

icdo

cum

ents

]of

apr

imiti

vem

an..

.an

dof

‘sim

ple’

soci

etie

sis

entir

ely

erro

neou

s.T

hem

ore

one

know

sof

the

Aus

tral

ians

and

the

less

one

iden

tifie

sth

est

age

ofth

eir

mat

eria

lci

vili

zati

onw

ith

that

ofth

eir

soci

alor

gani

zati

on,

one

disc

over

sth

atth

eA

ustr

alia

nso

ciet

ies

are

very

com

plex

,ver

yfa

rfro

mth

esi

mpl

ean

dth

epr

imiti

ve,b

utve

ryfa

rad

vanc

edal

ong

thei

row

npa

ths

ofde

velo

pmen

t(V

anG

enne

pin

1913

, quo

ted

inL

ukes

1985

:52

5).

The

crea

tio

nof

Aus

tral

ian

academ

icso

ciolo

gy

Inth

efo

urde

cade

sth

atfo

llow

edA

nder

son’

sap

peal

and

Dur

khei

m’s

grea

tfa

ntas

y,w

hile

met

ropo

lita

nso

ciol

ogy

chan

ged

prof

ound

ly(s

eeC

hapt

er1)

,litt

leha

ppen

edor

gani

sati

onal

lyin

Aus

tral

ia.B

itsof

the

new

wel

fare

-sta

teso

ciol

ogy

popp

edup

inod

dco

ntex

ts—

the

Wor

kers

’E

duca

tion

Ass

ocia

tion

,univ

ersi

typhil

oso

phy

cour

ses,

poli

tica

lsp

ecul

atio

nby

prog

ress

ive

liber

als,

orsu

rvey

sof

educ

atio

nal i

nequ

aliti

es.

But

ther

ew

asno

thin

glik

eth

eC

hica

goSc

hool

,let

alon

ean

Aus

tral

ian

Pars

ons,

topu

llth

emto

geth

er.

Aus

tral

ia’s

mos

tbri

llia

ntso

cial

scie

ntis

t,V

ere

Gor

don

Chi

lde,

left

the

coun

try

in19

21,d

ism

ayed

atth

eL

abor

Party

’sbe

tray

alof

the

wor

kers

, and

wen

tof

fto

Eur

ope

toin

vent

scie

ntif

icpr

ehis

tory

.Fo

rth

ene

xtge

nera

tion

his

asto

nish

ing

crea

tivity

was

prac

tical

lyig

nore

din

Aus

tral

ia, w

here

itw

askn

own

that

hew

asa

com

mun

ist (

Gat

herc

ole,

Irvi

ngan

dM

elle

uish

1995

).O

ther

tale

nted

soci

alre

sear

cher

sal

sole

ftth

eco

untr

y,su

chas

Elto

nM

ayo

who

beca

me

afo

unde

rof

indu

stri

also

ciol

ogy

inth

eU

nite

dSt

ates

.

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80L

ooki

ngso

uth

Whe

nre

sear

chpr

ogra

ms

wit

hin

the

new

soci

olog

ical

epis

tem

efi

nally

appe

ared

inA

ustr

alia

,the

yw

ere

outg

row

ths

from

soci

alan

thro

polo

gyan

d

soci

alps

ycho

logy

.T

hepr

ofes

sor

ofan

thro

polo

gyat

the

Uni

vers

ity

of

Sydn

ey,A

.P.E

lkin

,fa

mou

sfo

rhi

sw

ork

onA

bori

gina

lcu

lture

s,be

gan

in

the

earl

y19

40s

todi

rect

som

eof

his

stud

ents

tow

ards

ethn

ogra

phic

stud

ies

of‘o

urow

nso

ciet

y’—

that

is,w

hite

settl

erso

ciet

y.H

eal

soun

dert

ook

a

stud

yof

war

tim

eso

cial

inte

grat

ion

base

don

surv

eyda

ta.

The

nota

ble

prod

ucts

ofth

isin

itiat

ive

wer

ea

wel

l-ob

serv

ed,t

houg

hm

odes

tlypr

esen

ted,

ethn

ogra

phy

ofa

min

ing

tow

nby

Ala

nW

alke

r(1

945)

,and

anev

enbe

tter

ethn

ogra

phy

ofru

ral

kins

hip

and

fam

ilylif

eby

Jean

Cra

ig(1

957)

,lat

er

know

nto

ever

yso

ciol

ogis

tin

Aus

tral

iaas

Jean

Mar

tin.

Inth

ela

te19

40s,

the

new

prof

esso

rof

psyc

holo

gyat

the

Uni

vers

ityof

Mel

bour

ne,O

scar

Oes

er,l

aunc

hed

are

sear

chpr

ogra

mon

‘soc

ialb

ehav

iour

whi

chal

sodr

ifte

din

toth

ete

rrit

ory

ofth

ene

wso

ciol

ogy;

His

rese

arch

team

cond

ucte

del

abor

ate

obse

rvat

iona

lan

din

terv

iew

stud

ies

ina

Vic

tori

an

coun

try

tow

n,in

subu

rbs

ofM

elbo

urne

,and

inse

ven

fact

orie

s.T

heto

pics

incl

uded

clas

s-co

nsci

ousn

ess,

job

satis

fact

ion,

indu

stri

alre

latio

nsan

dfa

mily

life.

Thi

sst

yle

ofso

cial

-rea

list

fiel

dob

serv

atio

nw

asso

ondr

oppe

dby

Aus

tral

ian

psyc

holo

gy,w

hich

fell

unde

rth

esp

ell

ofbe

havi

ouri

sm.B

utth

e

thre

evo

lum

esof

the

Soci

alS

truc

ture

and

Pers

onal

ityse

ries

(Oes

eran

d

Ham

mon

d19

54;

Oes

eran

dE

mer

y19

54;

Laf

itte

1958

)pr

ovid

edke

y

empi

rica

lm

ater

ialf

orth

efi

rst

univ

ersi

tyco

urse

sin

soci

olog

y;w

hich

wer

e

laun

ched

alm

osti

mm

edia

tely

afte

rth

ese

book

sw

ere

publ

ishe

d.

Dur

ing

the

1950

s,th

eid

eaof

soci

alsu

rvey

son

the

whi

teco

mm

unit

y

beca

me

fam

ilia

r.A

nA

ustr

alia

nm

arke

tre

sear

chfi

rm,

Roy

Mor

gan

Res

earc

h,st

arte

dsa

mpl

esu

rvey

sus

ing

its‘G

allu

pPo

ll’in

the

1940

s.T

he

poll

find

ings

,pre

sent

edby

Mor

gan

assc

ient

ific

mea

sure

sof

opin

ion,

wer

e

repo

rted

inth

epr

ess

and

incr

easi

ngly

noti

ced

bypo

litic

ians

.Uni

vers

ity-

and

wel

fare

-bas

edsu

rvey

sap

pear

ed,d

escr

ibin

gsp

ecif

icso

cial

grou

psan

d

thei

rpro

blem

s.T

hey

incl

uded

the

aged

inV

icto

ria,

surv

eyed

bya

Uni

vers

ity

ofM

elbo

urne

grou

p(H

utch

inso

n19

54);

the

youn

gin

Sydn

ey,s

urve

yed

bya

Uni

vers

ityof

Sydn

eygr

oup

(Con

nell,

Fran

cis

and

Skilb

eck

1957

);an

d

the

leis

ure

prob

lem

sof

aM

elbo

urne

subu

rban

esta

te,

surv

eyed

byth

e

Bro

ther

hood

ofSt

Lau

renc

e(S

cott

and

U’r

en19

62).

Aca

dem

icre

sear

cher

s

also

bega

nto

see

the

nati

onal

cens

usas

aso

urce

ofda

tafo

rso

cial

anal

ysis

.

Geo

rge

Zub

rzyc

ki(1

960)

thus

cond

ucte

d‘a

dem

ogra

phic

surv

ey’

of

imm

igra

nts

inA

ustr

alia

.

Thi

sge

nera

tion

ofso

cial

rese

arch

ers

forg

eda

new

rela

tion

ship

wit

h

met

ropo

lita

nso

ciol

ogy.

Aus

tral

iace

ased

tobe

ada

tam

ine,

anec

onom

y

expo

rtin

gfa

cts

(or

imag

ined

fact

s). M

osto

f the

sest

udie

sw

ere

publ

ishe

d

inA

ustr

alia

and

rem

aine

dun

know

nin

the

met

ropo

le.

How

ever

, the

new

gene

rati

onof

rese

arch

ers

adop

ted

the

new

Am

eric

ande

fini

tion

ofth

e

subj

ect-

mat

ter o

f soc

iolo

gy, a

ndth

eyad

opte

dth

em

etho

dsof

met

ropo

litan

rese

arch

ers.

Wal

ker’

sC

oalto

wn,

for

inst

ance

,m

enti

oned

noth

eory

and

did

not

com

pare

itsfi

ndin

gsw

ithan

yot

her

rese

arch

. But

itw

ascl

earl

ym

odel

led

onco

mm

unit

yst

udie

ssu

chas

the

Lynd

s’M

iddl

etow

nan

dW

arne

r’s ‘

Yan

kee

City

’se

ries

. The

Sydn

eyed

ucat

ioni

sts’

Gro

win

gU

pin

anA

ustr

alia

nC

ity

was

mor

eex

plic

tlyco

nnec

ted

wit

hm

odel

sin

the

Am

eric

anso

ciol

ogy

of

yout

h.Fo

rO

ldPe

ople

ina

Mod

ern

Aus

tral

ian

Com

mun

ity,

the

acad

emic

and

busi

ness

spon

sors

actu

ally

impo

rted

from

Bri

tain

‘an

expe

rien

ced

inve

stig

ator

ofso

cial

prob

lem

s’to

run

the

stud

y(H

utch

inso

n19

54: v

).

Thi

sst

ance

was

fam

iliar

inA

ustr

alia

nin

telle

ctua

llife

atth

etim

e.A

.A.

Phill

ips

(195

3:85

)di

agno

sed

‘the

pers

iste

nce

ofth

eco

loni

alsu

rren

der

in

the

Aus

tral

ian

min

d’as

am

ajor

prob

lem

for

lite

ratu

reto

o.So

itw

asea

sy

for

Aus

tral

ian

soci

olog

yto

cons

titu

teit

self

asa

bran

chof

fice

of

met

ropo

lita

nso

ciol

ogy,

impo

rtin

gm

etro

poli

tan

met

hods

and

topi

csin

orde

rto

addr

ess

alo

cal a

udie

nce

abou

tlo

calv

ersi

ons

ofso

cial

prob

lem

s.

The

com

mon

estt

itle

ofan

Aus

tral

ian

soci

olog

ical

repo

rt, f

orth

e30

year

s

from

1950

, was

Xin

Aus

tral

ia—

whe

reX

was

aph

enom

enon

alre

ady

defi

ned

inth

em

etro

pole

and

for w

hich

met

ropo

lita

npa

radi

gms

ofre

sear

chw

ere

avai

labl

e.X

mig

htbe

‘rel

igio

n‘s

tatu

san

dpr

estig

e’, ‘

soci

alst

rati

flca

tion

‘div

orce

‘mar

riag

ean

dth

efa

mily

’,‘u

rban

izat

ion

‘pro

stit

utio

n‘p

oliti

cal

lead

ersh

ip‘w

omen

‘mas

sm

edia

’,‘i

mm

igra

nts’

or‘s

ocio

logy

’its

elf.

(The

se

are

alla

ctua

l titl

esfr

omth

epe

riod

.)T

heta

skof

the

Aus

tral

ian

soci

olog

ist

was

toap

ply

the

met

ropo

lita

nre

sear

chte

chni

que,

dem

onst

rate

that

the

phen

omen

onal

soex

iste

din

Aus

tral

ia,

and

say

empi

rica

llyw

hat

form

it

took

here

. In

som

eof

this

wri

ting

ther

ew

asa

fain

t mis

sion

ary

flav

our,

as

ifth

eso

ciol

ogis

tsw

ere

brin

ging

new

light

toth

eun

soph

isti

cate

dlo

cals

.

The

sem

etro

poli

tan-

styl

est

udie

sof

‘our

own

soci

ety’

wer

eth

e

know

ledg

eba

seon

whi

chan

acad

emic

disc

iplin

eca

lled

‘soc

iolo

gy’

was

inst

alle

din

Aus

tral

ia’s

expa

ndin

gun

iver

sity

syst

em. T

heac

tion

was

very

fast

.Aha

lf-d

ozen

year

s,fr

om19

59to

1965

,saw

the

firs

tna

med

chai

rof

soci

olog

y,th

efi

rst

soci

olog

yte

achi

ngpr

ogra

ms,

the

firs

tte

xtbo

ok,

the

The

dis

cover

yof

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rali

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dis

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yo

fA

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foun

dati

onof

apr

ofes

sion

alas

soci

atio

n,an

dth

efi

rsti

ssue

sof

itsac

adem

icjo

urna

l.T

his

brie

f per

iod

even

saw

the

firs

tpop

soci

olog

ybe

st-s

elle

r,Th

e

Luc

kyC

ount

ry,

wri

tten

bya

jour

nali

st(H

ome

1964

).In

the

follo

win

g

deca

de,

anot

her

ten

depa

rtm

ents

ofso

ciol

ogy

spra

ngup

arO

und

the

coun

try.

But

aco

llect

ion

ofso

cial

surv

eys

was

not

enou

ghto

clai

msp

ace

inth

e

univ

ersi

ties

asa

new

disc

iplin

e.T

here

also

need

edto

beid

eas,

asD

avie

s

and

Enc

elob

serv

edin

the

firs

tedi

tion

ofth

eir

text

book

Aus

tral

ian

Soci

ety

(196

5).

Ina

vigo

rous

lyar

gued

pape

ron

‘The

Scop

ean

dP

urpo

seof

Soc

iolo

gyH

arol

dFa

lidin

g(1

962)

insi

sted

that

soci

olog

yw

asno

wan

esta

blis

hed

disc

ipli

nein

term

sof

itsob

ject

ofkn

owle

dge—

syst

ems

of

soci

alac

tion

—an

dits

theo

reti

cal

logi

c.Si

nce

noso

ciol

ogic

alth

eory

was

bein

gpr

oduc

edin

Aus

tral

ia,

this

too

had

tobe

impo

rted

from

the

met

ropo

le.

Faild

ing’

sso

lutio

nw

asto

impo

rtPa

rson

ian

func

tion

alis

min

alu

mp.

Oth

ers

impo

rted

empi

rici

sm,W

eber

iani

sm,i

nter

pret

ive

soci

olog

y

and,

alit

tlela

ter,

neo-

Mar

xism

.T

here

sult

was

ahy

brid

stru

ctur

eof

know

ledg

ein

the

new

disc

iplin

e,

whe

reA

ustr

alia

nso

ciol

ogis

tsco

mbi

ned

met

ropoli

tan

theo

ryan

d

met

hodo

logy

wit

hlo

cal

data

and

audi

ence

s.A

nota

ble

exam

ple

was

Sol

Enc

el’s

(197

0)m

onog

raph

Equ

alit

yan

dA

utho

rity

.E

ncel

’sbo

ok

trav

erse

dth

em

etro

poli

tan

(mai

nly

Bri

tish

and

US)

cont

rove

rsie

sab

out

clas

san

dst

ratif

icat

ion,

adop

ted

am

odif

ied

Web

eria

npo

siti

on,

and

then

repo

rted

seri

atim

the

auth

or’s

impr

essi

veco

mpi

lati

ons

ofda

taab

out

Aus

tral

ian

elite

s.A

noth

erex

ampl

e,I

have

toco

nfes

s,w

asC

onne

llan

d

Irvi

ng’s

Cla

ssS

truc

ture

inA

ustr

alia

nH

isto

ry(1

980)

.We

star

ted

wit

ha

chap

ter

deba

ting

met

ropo

lita

nth

eori

esof

clas

sbe

fore

sett

ling

into

an

expo

sitio

nof

Aus

tral

ian

empi

rica

lm

ater

ial.

Alo

ngw

ith

met

ropo

lita

nth

eory

—th

ough

this

was

hard

lyno

tice

dat

the

tim

e—ca

me

am

etro

poli

tan

visi

onof

wha

tso

ciet

yw

asan

dho

ww

e

shou

ldta

lkab

out

it.‘A

ustr

alia

nso

ciet

y’w

assi

mpl

ypr

esum

edto

beth

e

sam

eki

ndof

thin

g,fo

rw

hich

the

sam

eco

ncep

tual

cate

gori

esw

ere

unpr

oble

mat

ical

lyap

prop

riat

e.

The

risi

ngqu

alit

yof

Aus

tral

ian

rese

arch

entr

ench

edth

ispa

tter

n.

As

Aus

tral

ian

soci

olog

ists

beca

me

mor

eso

phis

tica

ted

inus

ing

the

met

ropo

lita

nto

ols,

they

bega

nto

publ

ish

inm

etro

poli

tan

jour

nals

.The

re

wer

ego

odre

ason

s:as

wel

las

the

desi

reto

find

aw

ider

audi

ence

,th

e

pres

tige

atta

ched

toin

tern

atio

nal

publ

icat

ion

grea

tlyhe

lped

prom

otio

n

inA

ustr

alia

nun

iver

sitie

s.H

owev

er,t

opu

blis

hin

thos

efo

rum

s,A

ustr

alia

ns

had

tow

rite

info

rms

fam

iliar

tom

etro

poli

tan

edito

rs:t

ous

em

etro

poli

tan

conc

epts

,add

ress

met

ropo

lita

nlit

erat

ures

,and

offe

rcre

dibl

ein

terv

entio

ns

inm

etro

poli

tan

deba

tes.

Aus

tral

ian

soci

olog

yw

asth

uspr

oduc

edas

a

prof

essi

onal

acco

unto

f Aus

tral

ian

soci

ety

asse

enth

roug

hm

etro

poli

tan

eyes

. The

cons

truc

tion

ofA

ustr

alia

nso

ciol

ogy

asan

acad

emic

disc

iplin

ein

the

deca

des

1950

—80

thus

com

plet

ely

reve

rsed

the

rela

tion

ship

betw

een

Aus

tral

iaan

dm

etro

poli

tan

soci

olog

yth

atha

dex

iste

da

hund

red

year

s

earli

er.T

hen

Aus

tral

iaw

astr

eate

das

the

site

ofdi

ffer

ence

—in

fact

,ext

rem

e

diff

eren

ce—

from

the

adva

nced

soci

ety

ofth

em

etro

pole

.N

owA

ustr

alia

was

trea

ted

asth

esi

teof

sim

ilari

ty.

Ofc

ours

e,th

isin

volv

eda

shif

t of e

mpi

rica

lint

eres

tfro

mA

bori

gina

lto

settl

erso

ciet

y.B

utA

ustr

alia

nso

ciet

yw

asno

t the

oris

edin

the

new

disc

iplin

e

asa

settl

erso

ciet

y;it

was

sim

ply

rega

rded

aspa

rtof

mod

erni

tyIn

dige

nous

cultu

res

wer

eno

wre

gard

edas

the

busi

ness

ofan

thro

polo

gy—

whi

chw

as,

inA

ustr

alia

nun

iver

sitie

s,th

eol

der

and

mor

epr

estig

ious

disc

ip1i

ne.T

his

was

abo

unda

ryth

eso

ciol

ogis

tsdi

dno

tye

tch

alle

nge.

The

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

Indi

geno

usso

ciet

yan

dse

ttle

r/m

oder

nso

ciet

yth

atha

dbe

enso

impo

rtan

tfo

rev

olut

iona

ryso

ciol

ogy

sim

ply

vani

shed

asan

inte

llect

ual

them

e.A

bori

gina

lpe

ople

did

conc

ern

soci

olog

ists

,but

ina

new

way

:as

the

subj

ects

ofso

cial

proc

esse

sch

arac

teri

stic

ofm

oder

nity

.The

yco

uld

bese

en

asa

disa

dvan

tage

dgr

oup

ina

syst

emof

soci

alst

rati

fica

tion

(Anc

ich

etal

.

1969

).M

ore

com

mon

ly,t

hey

wer

ecl

assi

fied

unde

rth

eN

orth

Am

eric

an

rubr

icof

‘eth

nic

min

orit

yT

his

isho

wth

eyw

ere

trea

ted,

for

inst

ance

,in

Bal

dock

and

Lally

’s(1

974)

surv

eyof

Soci

olog

yin

Aus

tral

iaan

dN

ew

Zea

land

.In

this

book

Abo

rigi

nalp

eopl

eap

pear

edin

ach

apte

ron

‘stu

dies

ofet

hnic

min

orit

ies’

who

sepr

imar

yfo

cus

was

post

war

non-

Bri

tish

imm

igra

tion

.T

heir

onic

resu

ltof

the

new

stru

ctur

eof

soci

olog

ical

know

ledg

ew

asth

atIn

dige

nous

grou

psw

ere

unde

rsto

odas

bein

gth

esa

me

kind

ofgr

oup

asth

em

ost

rece

ntse

ttler

s.

With

loca

lsoc

iolo

gyw

holly

depe

nden

t on

met

ropo

lita

nco

ncep

tsan

d

met

hods

,pe

ople

bega

nto

won

der

abou

tth

eid

enti

typu

zzle

.Wha

tw

as

spec

ific

ally

Aus

tral

ian

abou

tth

is?

Aus

tral

ian

soci

olog

yha

d,pe

rhap

s,a

char

acte

rist

icem

piri

cal

focu

s—fo

rin

stan

ce,o

nm

igra

tion

.In

deed

,Jea

n

Mar

tin,

Geo

rge

Zub

rzyc

kian

dot

her

soci

olog

ists

wer

epr

omin

ent

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truc

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disc

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mul

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alis

mth

atfr

amed

Aus

tral

ian

polic

yon

ethn

icit

yan

dim

mig

rati

onun

til

the

1990

sre

viva

lofr

acis

m.

Alte

rnat

ivel

y,A

ustr

alia

nso

ciol

ogy

had

ach

arac

teri

stic

iron

y,be

caus

e

soci

olog

ists

’do

cum

enta

tion

ofst

rati

fica

tion

,el

ites

and

excl

usio

nsra

n

coun

ter

toA

ustr

alia

neg

alit

aria

nism

.B

usti

ng‘m

yths

’ab

out

Aus

tral

ia

beca

me

afa

vour

edtr

ope

inA

ustr

alia

nso

ciol

ogic

alw

riti

ngin

the

1960

s

(e.g

.Taf

t19

62).

But

itw

asha

rdto

see

adi

stin

ctiv

ecu

ltur

alfo

rmat

ion

in

the

soci

olog

ical

book

spu

blis

hed

inA

ustr

alia

,or

inth

epa

pers

inth

e

Aus

tral

ian

and

New

Zea

land

Jour

nal

ofSo

ciol

ogy.

Ade

fini

tion

ofth

e

iden

tity

ofA

ustr

alia

nso

ciol

ogy

thus

prov

edve

ryel

usiv

e,ev

enin

the

peri

odw

hen

the

disc

iplin

ew

asgr

owin

gm

ostv

igor

ousl

y.

New

poss

ibil

itie

sT

here

lati

onsh

ipbe

twee

nco

lony

and

met

ropo

leha

sbe

enfo

rmat

ive

for

Aus

tral

ian

soci

olog

y,th

ough

the

term

sof

that

rela

tions

hip

have

chan

ged.

Can

the

term

sch

ange

agai

n?

Muc

hof

Aus

tral

ian

soci

olog

yco

ntin

ues

onth

epa

thal

read

ym

appe

dou

t.

Met

ropo

lita

nth

eory

rem

ains

hege

mon

ic.P

arso

nian

ism

and

Web

eria

nism

wer

edi

spla

ced

byst

ruct

ural

ist

Mar

xism

,an

dth

atin

turn

bya

stro

ng

wav

eof

post

-str

uctu

rali

sm.I

nth

etw

enty

-fir

stce

ntur

y,Fo

ucau

ldia

nsan

d

Bou

rdie

uvia

nsfr

olic

whe

refu

nctio

nalis

tson

cesa

fely

graz

ed.

The

orie

sar

ece

rtai

nly

depl

oyed

with

mor

eso

phis

ticat

ion

and

skill

,and

itis

poss

ible

for

Aus

tral

ian

soci

olog

ists

todo

wor

kth

atis

path

-bre

akin

g

inin

tern

atio

nalt

erm

s.Jo

hnB

raith

wai

te’s

(198

9)cr

imin

olog

ical

wor

kon

rein

tegr

atio

nco

mes

tom

ind,

asdo

esM

icha

elPu

sey’

sE

cono

mic

Rat

iona

lism

inC

anbe

rra

(199

1).

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bini

ngsu

rvey

data

onfe

dera

lci

vil

serv

ants

,

anal

ysis

ofpo

litic

alan

din

stitu

tiona

lcha

nge,

and

aso

cial

visi

onin

flue

nced

byH

aber

mas

,Pus

eycr

eate

da

pion

eeri

ngso

ciol

ogy

ofne

olib

eral

ism

whi

ch

has

very

wid

eim

plic

atio

ns.

Aus

tral

ians

have

also

done

wor

kin

soci

olog

ical

theo

ry,n

otas

peri

pher

al

cons

umer

sof

the

met

ropo

le’s

outp

utbu

tas

part

icip

ants

inm

etro

poli

tan

deba

tes.

Not

able

exam

ples

are

Cla

reB

urto

n’s

(198

5)sy

nthe

sis

offe

min

ism

and

soci

alth

eory

;Ja

ckB

arba

let’

s(1

998)

wor

kon

the

mac

ro-s

ocio

logy

ofem

otio

ns;

and

Paul

ine

John

son’

s(2

006)

stud

yof

the

chan

ging

idea

of

the

publ

icre

alm

inth

eth

ough

tof

Jurg

enH

aber

mas

.T

his

wor

kis

ofte

n

publ

ishe

din

the

met

ropo

lean

d,w

heth

eror

not

itus

esan

yA

ustr

alia

n

rese

arch

orex

peri

ence

,th

efo

cus

ison

am

etro

poli

tan

lite

ratu

re.

In

effe

ct,

thes

eau

thor

sha

vefo

llow

edth

esa

me

stra

tegy

asW

.E.

Hea

rn,

doin

gN

orth

ern

theo

ryin

new

cond

itio

nsan

dab

ando

ning

the

iden

tity

prob

lem

.B

utin

ach

ange

dcu

ltur

alan

dpo

liti

cal

envi

ronm

ent,

anop

posi

test

rate

gyw

asal

sopo

ssib

le:

focu

sing

onth

esp

ecif

icity

ofA

ustr

alia

asa

prod

uct

ofse

ttle

rco

loni

alis

m.

Inte

rest

inth

ere

lati

onsh

ipbe

twee

nin

dige

nous

and

settl

erso

ciet

yw

asre

vive

dby

hist

oria

nsof

fron

tier c

onfl

ict,

byan

thro

polo

gist

s’re

thin

king

ofth

eir

own

conn

ecti

onw

ithco

loni

alis

m,

and

abov

eal

lby

the

Abo

rigi

nal L

and

Rig

hts

mov

emen

t(s

eeC

hapt

er9)

.Aso

ciol

ogis

tsuc

has

Viv

ien

John

son

(199

6)co

uld

beco

me

deep

lyin

tere

sted

inth

eA

bori

gina

lart

mov

emen

t,co

nsid

erin

gno

tonl

yth

ebo

dyof

artis

ticw

ork

but

also

the

way

sin

whi

chit

isap

prop

riat

edby

the

dom

inan

tcu

ltur

e—in

clud

ing

wid

espr

ead

com

mer

cial

expl

oita

tion

and

copy

righ

tvi

olat

ion.

Inhe

rR

adio

Bir

dman

,Jo

hnso

n(1

990)

turn

edth

ein

telle

ctua

l

rela

tions

hips

arou

nd, u

sing

som

eA

bori

gina

lsoc

ialc

once

pts

for

anal

ysin

g

that

mos

tm

etro

poli

tan

ofso

cial

phen

omen

a:a

new

wav

ero

ckba

nd.

Itw

asal

sono

wpo

ssib

leto

thin

k,fr

oman

Aus

tral

ian

star

ting

poin

t,

abou

tglo

bals

truc

ture

san

dco

nnec

tions

.Thi

sw

asdo

neby

Chi

llaB

ulbe

ck

inO

neW

orld

Wom

en’s

Mov

emen

t (19

88),

wri

tten

befo

regl

obal

isat

ion

had

beco

me

apo

pula

rso

ciol

ogic

alth

eme.

Thi

sbo

okto

okup

the

prob

lem

sra

ised

byth

eU

nite

dN

atio

nsD

ecad

efo

rW

omen

(197

5—85

),di

scus

sing

whe

ther

itw

aspo

ssib

leto

have

aun

ited

inte

rnat

iona

lfem

inis

m, g

iven

the

diff

eren

tsitu

atio

nsof

wom

enin

diff

eren

tcou

ntri

es,a

ndre

sist

ance

toth

e

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oo

kin

gso

uth

impo

rtan

tgo

als

than

the

crea

tion

ofa

loca

let

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tti

me,

as

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beck

’sw

ork

clea

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ispo

ssib

leto

mov

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yond

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trad

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pole

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ons

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5In

dige

nous

know

ledge

and

Afr

ican

Ren

aiss

ance

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soci

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,w

eha

veto

leav

eth

eca

mpu

san

dta

lkto

the

peo

ple

face

-to-

face

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his

isp

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aps

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eim

pera

tive

for

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ican

soci

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orth

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illon

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sten

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inth

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own

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nth

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itis

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amad

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ara

(200

0)

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90S

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po

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86th

ene

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urna

lIn

tern

atio

nal

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olog

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per

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kins

ola

Aki

wow

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lled

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trib

utio

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the

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iolo

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dge

from

anA

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ryIt

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one

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king

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ade

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olog

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tern

atio

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olog

yan

dits

pare

ntor

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rnat

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logi

cal

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ocia

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A),

wer

esp

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igen

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eati

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emed

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ape

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tex

ampl

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ell-

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wye

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ica

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diff

eren

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iona

lsit

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ons

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the

diff

icul

ties

forA

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mun

icat

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her,

and

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hele

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tthe

disc

iplin

eto

Afr

ican

real

ityth

roug

han

inte

grat

edsy

stem

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tual

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mes

,the

orie

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dm

etho

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gica

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chni

ques

draw

nup

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lati

onto

both

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ican

and

Eur

opea

nth

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t-w

ays

and

soci

alpr

acti

ces’

(Aki

wow

o19

80: 6

7).T

he19

86‘C

ontr

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ions

’pa

per

trie

dto

real

ise

this

prop

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,and

itm

ade

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dica

ldep

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refr

omth

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lin

post

colo

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stea

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orth

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eric

aan

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prop

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eria

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expo

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orld

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peci

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opos

edto

find

them

ina

reso

urce

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met

ropo

lita

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cial

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ryne

ver

used

—th

eri

tual

oral

poet

ryof

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com

mun

ity.

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trib

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isa

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unco

mpr

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ing

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iger

ia,w

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ing

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men

tary

onits

mea

ning

and

agl

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ryof

itste

rms.

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poem

(str

ictly

,a

grou

pof

poem

san

da

song

),to

bere

cite

dat

the

foun

dati

onof

ane

wse

ttle

men

t,te

llsa

crea

tion

stor

yan

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scri

bes

how

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eren

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ngs

ofth

ecr

eatio

nco

me

toge

ther

inco

mm

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ies.

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wow

o’s

com

men

tary

emph

asis

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eid

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asuw

ada,

defi

ned

as‘t

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rpos

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ping

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vers

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a’

(bei

ngs)

, as

the

prin

cipl

eof

crea

tion

and

the

key

toth

ew

orld

asw

eno

wfi

ndit.

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poem

also

brie

fly

rela

tes

the

viol

atio

nof

the

com

mon

good

by

am

ythi

calb

eing

who

stea

lsso

me

seed

from

the

divi

nem

othe

r;an

das

sert

sth

eim

port

ance

ofso

cial

harm

ony.

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ort

conc

ludi

ngse

ctio

ns, A

kiw

owo

sum

mar

ises

the

onto

logi

cal

prin

cipl

eshe

find

sin

the

text

, and

nine

soci

olog

ical

prop

osit

ions

hede

rive

sfr

omit.

Exa

mpl

esof

the

latte

rar

e(p

.353

):

1.T

heun

itof

soci

allif

eis

the

indi

vidu

al’s

life,

bein

g,ex

iste

nce,

orch

arac

ter

3.T

heco

rpor

eal i

ndiv

idua

l,es

sent

ially

, can

not c

onti

nue-

in-b

eing

wit

hout

aco

mm

unity

.4.

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eth

eso

cial

life

ofa

grou

pof

indi

vidu

albe

ings

issu

stai

ned

bya

spir

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soda

lity,

any

form

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lf-a

lien

atio

nfo

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epu

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purs

uing

apu

rely

self

ish

aim

is,

mor

ally

spea

king

,an

erro

ror

sin

...

6.A

genu

ine

soci

albe

ing

ison

ew

how

orks

daily

,and

sacr

ific

esw

illin

gly,

inva

ryin

gw

ays,

his

orhe

rch

eris

hed

free

dom

and

mat

eria

l acq

uisi

tions

for s

elf-

impr

ovem

enta

sw

ella

sfo

rthe

com

mon

good

.For

wit

hout

one,

the

othe

rca

nnot

beac

hiev

ed...

As

are

ader

from

anot

her

cult

ural

back

grou

nd, I

did

not

find

this

easy

tofo

llow

.T

hela

ngua

gean

dch

arac

ters

ofth

iscr

eati

onm

yth,

and

the

wor

ld-v

iew

itex

pres

ses,

are

enti

rely

unfa

mil

iar.

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lan

dgo

od—

that

’sw

hati

ndig

enou

sso

ciol

ogy

issu

ppos

edto

be.A

kiw

owo

give

slit

tlehe

lpby

way

ofba

ckgr

ound

onth

ete

xt.

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arne

dfr

omot

her

auth

ors

(esp

ecia

llyPa

yne

1992

)th

atth

ispo

etry

isas

soci

ated

wit

ha

soci

ally

elite

trad

itio

nof

divi

nati

onan

dad

visi

ng, s

oit

isno

tex

actly

folk

poet

ry.A

sIu

nder

stan

dit,

Aki

wow

ois

tryi

ngto

extr

acts

ocio

logi

cal p

rinc

iple

sfr

omth

eac

cum

ulat

edw

isdo

man

dob

serv

atio

nsof

soci

ety

byY

orub

aco

mm

unit

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ders

and

inte

llect

uals

, as

cond

ense

din

the

myt

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alli

tera

ture

trad

itio

n.T

his

appr

oach

did

not

spri

ngto

life

in19

86.

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wow

oha

dbe

ende

velo

ping

itth

roug

hth

e19

80s

atth

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nive

rsity

ofIf

e,in

colla

bora

tion

with

agr

oup

ofyo

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rsc

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rsth

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sin

turn

was

part

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wid

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ovem

ent,

inA

fric

aan

dbe

yond

,to

reva

lue

oral

sour

ces

for

hist

ory

and

soci

alan

alys

is(V

ansi

na19

85;W

hite

, Mie

sche

ran

dC

ohen

2001

).In

1988

,Int

erna

tion

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ciol

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publ

ishe

da

follo

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per

byon

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efo

rmer

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oses

Mak

inde

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lled

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inci

ple:

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anal

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ofA

kiw

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now

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onof

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loso

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gnif

ican

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Iwill

show

late

r.

Mak

inde

trie

sto

syst

emat

ise

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soci

olog

ical

thou

ghti

n‘C

ontr

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ions

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boil

sdo

wn

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list

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ree

fund

amen

tal

‘axi

oms’

conc

erni

ngth

epr

inci

ple

ofas

uwad

a,fr

omw

hich

the

othe

rs

follo

w:

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heun

itof

soci

allif

eis

the

indi

vidu

al’s

life,

bein

g,ex

iste

nce

or

char

acte

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ough

each

hum

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ing

ism

etap

hysi

cally

aun

ique

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atio

n—an

emi—

ofa

Div

ine

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ng,e

ach

indi

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life,

asa

corp

orea

lsel

f,ne

eds

the

fell

owsh

ipof

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rpor

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selv

esto

feel

and

bew

hole

and

com

plet

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corp

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ivid

ual,

esse

ntia

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anno

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tinue

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aco

mm

unity

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core

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akin

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sid

eas

abou

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ent

form

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ctio

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tion

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peop

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eto

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deea

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init

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enas

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fan

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ican

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ety,

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ther

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cial

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ony.

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brea

kdow

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cur.

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esA

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ptio

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seve

reat

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atio

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n,

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ain.

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inde

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esth

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at

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akin

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e

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ath

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late

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tern

atio

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hed

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ican

Soci

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ical

Tra

diti

on:

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ejoi

nder

toA

kiw

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and

Mak

inde

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eren

t.O

latu

nde

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oL

awuy

i,an

anth

ropo

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akin

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it.In

cour

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akin

de’s

read

ings

ofth

eor

alpo

etry

trad

itio

nyi

eld

conc

epts

wit

hsh

ifti

ngm

eani

ngs.

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usag

eof

asuw

ada

itse

lfbl

urs

thre

edi

stin

ctid

eas

(apr

inci

ple

ofcr

eati

on, t

hech

arac

ter

ofth

ings

tend

ing

tocl

ump

toge

ther

, and

hum

ans

com

ing

toge

ther

for

aco

mm

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d).T

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ncep

tof

iwa

(bei

ngs)

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ually

blur

ry, a

ndth

eid

eaof

ajob

iis

used

byA

kiw

owo

intw

oin

com

pati

ble

sens

es.

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bi(k

insh

ip)

and

ajog

be(c

ore

side

nce)

are

som

etim

esse

enas

form

sof

soci

allif

eth

atca

nex

ist

toge

ther

, som

etim

esas

ase

quen

cew

ith

the

latt

erfo

llow

ing

the

brea

kdow

nof

the

form

er.

Furt

her,

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uyia

ndT

aiw

osh

owth

atA

kiw

owo

and

Mak

inde

prod

uce

diff

eren

tun

ders

tand

ings

thou

ghth

eyar

ere

ason

ing

from

the

sam

eor

alpo

etry

mat

eria

l.M

akin

desh

ifts

the

mea

ning

ofaj

ogbe

tow

ards

the

conc

ept

ofso

ciet

y-as

-a-w

hole

, thu

sm

akin

gaj

obia

unit

wit

hin

it.In

Aki

wow

o’s

acco

unt,

the

two

are

coor

dina

tefo

rms

ofso

cial

rela

tions

hip.

The

logi

calc

riti

que

isde

vast

atin

g,an

dth

ere

ism

ore

toco

me.

Law

uyi

and

Tai

wo

argu

eth

atA

kiw

owo

has

not

succ

eede

din

doin

gso

ciol

ogy

inY

orub

a.In

stea

d,th

eef

fort

has

larg

ely

amou

nted

toa

sear

chfo

rY

orub

a•

lang

uage

equi

vale

nts

for

Eng

lish

-lan

guag

eso

ciol

ogic

alte

rms.

The

proj

ect

hasn

’tac

tual

lyge

nera

ted

anin

dige

nous

soci

olog

y:‘W

edo

not

disp

ute

the

clai

mth

atA

kiw

owo’

sdi

scov

erie

ssh

owth

atth

eev

eryd

ayba

sis

for

soci

olog

yis

ther

ein

Yor

uba.

Wha

t we

deny

isth

atei

ther

ofou

rin

terl

ocut

ors

has

give

nus

aso

ciol

ogic

alth

eory

inY

orub

a’(L

awtiy

ian

dT

aiw

o19

90:

67).

Law

uyi a

ndTa

iwo

rais

ean

othe

rim

port

ant

prob

lem

abou

tAki

wow

o’s

and

Mak

inde

’spr

ojec

t.T

heid

eaof

zfog

bont

aaye

se(u

sing

wis

dom

tore

mak

eth

ew

orld

)ap

pear

edea

rlie

rin

Aki

wow

o’s

wri

tings

publ

ishe

din

Nig

eria

,an

dsp

eaks

tohi

spo

litic

alin

tent

ions

.Alc

iwow

oha

dbe

enco

ncer

ned

abou

t

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outh

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theo

ryIn

dig

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kn

ow

’ed

ge

and

Afr

ican

Renais

sance

95

the

disi

nteg

ratin

gef

fect

ofin

divi

dual

ism

onA

fric

anso

ciet

ies,

argu

ing

that

Afr

ican

ssh

ould

retu

rnto

indi

geno

uscu

lture

sto

disc

over

the

crite

ria

for

rele

vant

know

ledg

e.L

awuy

iand

Taiw

oar

gue

that

this

nece

ssar

ilypr

oduc

es

acu

ltur

e-bo

und

idea

ofkn

owle

dge.

Furt

her,

Law

uyi

and

Taiw

osu

gges

t,

the

argu

men

tov

er-s

impl

ifie

sA

fric

anre

ality

and

mis

ses

the

soci

alfo

rces

shap

ing

know

ledg

eit

self

,si

nce

the

soci

alev

alua

tion

ofkn

owle

dge

‘inv

aria

bly

refl

ects

both

the

dist

ribu

tion

ofpo

wer

and

the

prin

cipl

esof

soci

alco

ntro

l’(1

990:

72).

Aki

wow

oha

sw

ritt

entw

ore

plie

sto

thes

ecr

itici

sms,

publ

ishe

din

1991

and

1999

.The

firs

t,‘R

espo

nses

toM

akin

de/L

awuy

iand

Tai

wo

was

shor

t,

reje

ctin

gth

ecr

itic

ism

sw

ith

scor

n.L

awuy

ian

dT

aiw

ow

ere

accu

sed

of

faili

ngto

read

Aki

wow

o’s

text

corr

ectly

,fai

ling

toun

ders

tand

the

Yor

uba

univ

erse

ofdi

scou

rse,

and

espe

cial

lyth

eph

iloso

phy

behi

ndth

ese

poem

s,

and

fail

ing

tore

alis

eth

atse

nten

ces

inY

orub

aha

dm

ulti

ple

nuan

ces.

Aki

wow

osp

ecif

ical

lyde

nied

ther

ew

asa

prob

lem

ofcu

ltur

e-bo

und

know

ledg

ein

his

use

ofm

ythi

calm

ater

ial,

citin

gJo

seph

Cam

pbel

l’s

clai

ms

abou

tthe

univ

ersa

lity

ofm

yth.

The

seco

ndre

ply,

‘Ind

igen

ous

Soci

olog

ies:

Ext

endi

ngth

eSc

ope

ofth

e

Arg

umen

twas

publ

ishe

daf

terA

kiw

owo

had

mov

edto

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es.

Itis

long

eran

dm

ore

mea

sure

d,th

ough

itis

clea

rhe

isst

illtr

oubl

edby

the

crit

icis

ms.

He

defe

nds

the

dist

inct

iven

ess

ofin

dige

nous

thou

ght

via

the

exam

ple

ofa

Yor

uba

psyc

hiat

rist

who

used

loca

lm

yth

toun

ders

tand

men

talp

robl

ems.

Inth

ispa

per,

Aki

wow

ore

visi

tsan

dto

som

eex

tent

revi

ses

his

conc

eptu

al

syst

em.

He

star

tsw

ith

the

prob

lem

ofth

ebr

eakd

own

ofth

eas

uwad

a

prin

cipl

era

ised

byM

akin

de.A

kiw

owo

now

sugg

ests

that

this

impl

icat

es

the

hum

ansp

irit

,th

atth

esp

irit

ual

fact

orin

soci

alre

lati

ons

has

tobe

reco

gnis

ed,a

ndth

atin

divi

dual

diff

eren

ces

insp

iritu

ality

affe

ctth

ew

orki

ng

ofth

eas

uwad

apr

inci

ple.

Aki

wow

oth

enof

fers

agl

ossa

ryof

Yor

uba

term

s

rele

vant

toun

ders

tand

ing

the

asuw

ada

prin

cipl

e,ex

poun

dsso

me

ofth

em,

and

re-t

ells

anot

her

myt

holo

gica

lsto

ryth

atill

ustr

ates

the

com

ing

toge

ther

ofbe

ings

into

aha

rmon

y—in

this

case

,the

part

sof

the

body

.

Aki

wow

o’s

choi

ceof

apa

rtic

ular

body

ofor

alpo

etry

asth

eso

urce

of

indi

geno

usco

ncep

tsw

asno

tat

issu

ein

this

deba

te,

thou

ghpe

rhap

sit

shou

ldha

vebe

en.T

his

sour

cing

mea

nsth

athi

sso

ciol

ogic

alco

ncep

tsar

e

draw

nfr

omth

eou

tloo

kof

ana

rrow

grou

pw

ithi

nN

iger

ian

soci

ety,

rela

tivel

ypr

ivile

ged

and

stro

ngly

trad

itio

nali

st.

Giv

ena

body

ofY

orub

a-la

ngua

gecu

ltur

alm

ater

ial t

ow

ork

from

, how

dow

eac

tual

lyge

t to

soci

olog

ical

conc

epts

?T

hem

etho

dis

neve

r ver

ycl

ear

inA

kiw

owo

orM

akin

de. W

hat

iscl

ear

from

the

cont

rove

rsy

asa

who

leis

that

ther

eis

noun

ambi

guou

sw

ayof

doin

gth

ejo

b.A

kiw

owo

prod

uces

one

set

ofco

ncep

ts, t

hen

am

odif

ied

set;

Mak

inde

prod

uces

aso

mew

hat

diff

eren

tin

terp

reta

tion

of

the

issu

es;

and

Law

uyi

and

Tai

wo

have

mis

unde

rsto

odth

ew

hole

exer

cise

, in

Aki

wow

o’s

view

.T

his

isa

fam

iliar

prob

lem

inot

her

cult

ural

setti

ngs.

As

anA

ustr

alia

n,I

amfa

mil

iar

wit

hlo

cal

cont

rove

rsie

sab

out

Aus

tral

ian

iden

tity

and

the

mea

ning

ofA

ustr

alia

nm

yths

and

sym

bols

. But

wha

t is

atst

ake

here

isno

tju

stth

eet

hnog

raph

icin

terp

reta

tion

ofa

loca

l cul

ture

. The

ques

tion

isth

egr

ound

ing

ofco

ncep

tsth

atar

ein

tend

edto

circ

ulat

ebe

yond

Yor

uba

cultu

rean

d,as

Aki

wow

o’s

1986

pape

rpu

tit,

‘con

trib

ute

toa

gene

ral

body

ofex

plan

ator

ypr

inci

ples

’fo

rso

ciol

ogy

acro

ssth

ew

orld

.If

four

Yor

uba

spea

king

spec

ialis

tsdo

n’t

agre

eon

how

toge

tso

ciol

ogic

alm

eani

ngfr

omth

ese

text

s,th

enho

wsh

ould

I,as

aso

ciol

ogis

t in

anot

her

part

ofth

ew

orld

,re

late

toth

em?

The

prob

lem

isco

mpo

unde

dw

hen

Aki

wow

o,de

fend

ing

his

syst

emin

1999

, pro

duce

sm

ore

myt

holo

gica

lm

ater

ial

from

othe

ror

also

urce

s.Le

t’sas

sum

eth

atI

amtr

ying

tous

eth

eas

uwad

apr

inci

ple

and

the

conc

epts

ofaj

obi

and

ajog

bein

my

soci

olog

ical

rese

arch

inA

ustr

alia

.I

don’

tha

veac

cess

toth

ege

nera

lba

ckgr

ound

ofY

orub

ala

ngua

gean

dcu

ltur

e,no

rto

Ifa

divi

nati

onri

tual

inpa

rtic

ular

, let

alon

eth

eex

tra

text

sth

atA

kiw

owo

know

s.T

hech

ance

sar

eth

atI w

ould

noto

nly

goas

tray

inm

yin

terp

reta

tion

ofth

ete

rms,

asA

kiw

owo

thin

kshi

slo

cal i

nter

locu

tors

have

,but

wou

ldgo

very

badl

yas

tray

.I

wou

ldno

tso

muc

hbe

usin

gan

indi

geno

usso

ciol

ogy

from

Nig

eria

asco

nstr

ucti

ngm

yow

nsy

ncre

tic

syst

em,

whi

chw

ould

mak

eli

ttle

sens

eto

othe

rso

ciol

ogis

tsei

ther

inA

ustr

alia

orN

iger

ia.

As

far

asI

know

,th

ere

are

noso

ciol

ogis

tsfr

omot

her

coun

trie

sw

hoac

tual

lyha

veus

edA

kiw

owo’

sco

ncep

tsin

subs

tant

ive

rese

arch

.In

1992

,th

eU

Sso

ciol

ogis

tMar

kPa

yne

publ

ishe

da

pape

r pra

isin

gA

kiw

owo’

sid

eas,

and

defe

ndin

gth

eor

alli

tera

ture

trad

itio

nan

ddi

vina

tion

prac

tice

sas

usef

ulso

urce

sof

soci

olog

ical

insi

ght.

But

hedo

esno

tac

tual

lydo

any

soci

olog

yw

ith

thes

eco

ncep

ts. O

nth

ispo

int,

the

situ

atio

nre

mai

nsex

actly

asLa

wuy

i and

Taifo

desc

ribe

dit:

the

poss

ibili

tyof

aY

orub

a-ba

sed

soci

olog

yha

sbe

ende

mon

stra

ted,

but

subs

tant

ivel

yit

hasn

’tye

t bee

ndo

ne.

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96S

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theo

ryIn

dig

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know

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an

dA

fric

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enais

sance

97

The

rese

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tobe

,ifw

eca

nju

dge

from

this

exam

ple,

apr

oble

mab

out

putt

ing

indi

geno

usso

ciol

ogy

into

play

inot

her

cult

ural

cont

exts

,an

d

perh

aps

even

inw

hatA

kiw

owo

calls

the

‘par

entc

ultu

re’

ofth

ein

dige

nous

soci

olog

y.T

hehi

ghho

pes

of20

year

sag

oth

atin

dige

nous

soci

olog

ies

wou

ldch

alle

nge

the

conc

eptu

alsy

stem

ofm

etro

poli

tan

soci

olog

yse

emto

have

led

now

here

.

Yet

ther

eis

som

ethi

ngm

ore

tobe

said

.Aki

wow

o’s

bold

proj

ect

may

have

prod

uced

few

frui

tsin

term

sof

conc

epts

usef

ulin

agl

obal

disc

ours

e.

But

heis

sayi

ngso

met

hing

sign

ific

ant

abou

tA

fric

a,w

hich

isex

pres

sed

inhi

sch

oice

ofY

orub

ate

rms

thou

ghit

prob

ably

isn’

tde

pend

ent

on

them

.H

isw

riti

ngim

plie

sa

soci

aldi

agno

sis

ofth

ecr

itic

alpr

oble

ms

of

cont

empo

rary

Nig

eria

,and

byex

tens

ion

the

prob

lem

sof

othe

rco

untr

ies

inth

ere

gion

.Su

cha

diag

nosi

sdo

esno

tde

pend

onth

ete

rms

ofan

indi

geno

usso

ciol

ogy,

thou

ghit

may

cert

ainl

ydr

awin

sigh

tfr

omth

em.

Any

inte

rnat

iona

lre

ader

can

lear

nso

met

hing

from

it.

Spec

ifica

lly,A

kiw

owo’

sus

eof

the

ajob

i/ajo

gbe

coup

lesu

gges

tsa

read

ing

ofth

epr

oces

sof

chan

gefr

oma

kins

hip-

base

dso

ciet

y,un

der

the

impa

ct

ofco

loni

alis

man

dth

epo

stco

loni

alec

onom

y.H

isem

phas

ison

the

asuw

ada

prin

cipl

eits

elfs

ugge

sts

his

conc

ern

abou

tfun

dam

enta

lsoc

iali

nteg

rati

on

and

the

thre

ats

toit.

Eve

nth

em

oral

isin

gto

neof

the

‘pro

posi

tions

’in

his

1986

artic

lesu

gges

thi

sco

ncer

nab

out

thes

eth

reat

s,an

dim

ply

the

need

for

resi

stan

ceto

them

.

‘Wha

tap

pear

sas

ara

dica

lep

iste

mol

ogic

alpr

ojec

tfr

omth

epo

int

of

view

ofin

tern

atio

nal

soci

olog

yis

—if

Iam

read

ing

itri

ghtl

y—al

soa

cons

erva

tive

resp

onse

toso

cial

chan

gein

Wes

tAfr

ica,

from

the

poin

tof

view

ofa

trad

itio

nali

stol

derm

anse

ekin

gto

rest

ore

soci

alin

tegr

atio

nan

d

bala

nce.

The

cont

rove

rsy

wit

hL

awuy

ian

dT

aiw

oha

sa

gene

rati

onal

elem

ent

init.

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wow

o’s

atte

mpt

toco

nstr

uct

anA

fric

anso

ciol

ogy

from

indi

geno

uscu

ltur

alm

ater

ials

was

not

anun

usua

lki

ndof

proj

ect

for

inte

llect

uals

ofhi

sge

nera

tion.

The

mai

nac

tion,

how

ever

,did

noto

ccur

in

soci

olog

y.

Fro

m‘A

fric

anph

ilos

ophy

’to

the

soci

olo

gy

ofpost

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ledge

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ibut

ions

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per

of19

86,A

kiw

owo

cite

sa

cert

ain

philo

soph

y

text

,whi

chha

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reso

nanc

efo

rIn

tern

atio

nalS

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logy

(itm

eant

solit

tle

that

the

jour

nalm

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me)

butw

ashi

ghly

sign

ific

antf

or

Afr

ican

inte

llect

uals

. Thi

sw

asB

antu

Philo

soph

yby

the

Bel

gian

mis

sion

ary

Plac

ide

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pels

(195

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geno

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min

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ela

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plet

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pels

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year

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ter,

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it

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chan

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ct.

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met

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sat

his

philo

soph

ical

form

alis

atio

nsis

som

uddy

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itis

impo

ssib

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nstr

uct,

orto

test

,hi

sar

gum

ent.

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clai

ms

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lyov

er-g

ener

alis

ed-—

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the

min

dsof

the

Ban

tu.

.or

‘In

Afr

ican

eyes

..(1

959:

46,7

6,12

4). T

empe

ls

was

,atb

est,

anam

ateu

rate

thno

grap

hy.H

isev

iden

ceis

anec

dota

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are

larg

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dige

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side

rat

all,

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asth

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econ

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stit

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idea

list

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chan

thro

polo

gyin

his

gene

ratio

n(C

opan

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71).

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pels

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sear

chis

mar

kedl

yin

feri

orto

ethn

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phic

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kin

othe

rpa

rts

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fric

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hed

befo

reW

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II,s

uch

asJo

mo

Ken

yatta

’sFa

cing

Mou

ntK

enya

(193

8).

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tsh

ines

thro

ugh

the

book

,ne

vert

hele

ss,

isT

empe

ls’

pass

iona

te

reje

ctio

nof

the

Eur

ocen

tric

belie

ftha

t Afr

ican

sha

veno

wor

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hile

cultu

re

and

noet

hics

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book

isad

dres

sed

tow

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‘col

onia

lsof

good

will

’(1

959:

184,

his

italic

s).T

empe

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ante

dth

eB

elgi

ans

tost

opde

stro

ying

indi

geno

us

cult

ure

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pth

eB

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tobu

ild

thei

row

nB

antu

civi

lizat

ion,

ast

able

and

nobl

eon

eof

thei

row

n’(1

959:

174)

.Tem

pels

was

,in

fact

,on

eof

a

diss

iden

tfa

ctio

nam

ong

the

colo

nise

rs,

who

defe

nded

nati

veri

ghts

(Hou

nton

dji 2

002a

:212

—16

).To

pers

uade

his

com

patr

iots

,Tem

pels

wro

te

war

mly

ofth

eco

here

nce

and

prof

undi

tyof

Afr

ican

thou

ght,

spea

king

of

‘alo

fty

wis

dom

’fr

omw

hich

Eur

opea

nsto

oco

uld

lear

n.T

here

isa

half

-

veile

dsu

gges

tion

inB

antu

Phi

loso

phy

that

the

Ban

tuar

ecl

oser

toG

od

than

the

Eur

opea

nsar

e.G

iven

the

reco

rdof

Eur

opea

nsin

the

Con

go,w

ho

coul

ddi

sagr

ee?

But

this

prai

seon

lyap

plie

sto

cert

ain

Afr

ican

s—th

ose

who

stic

k

wit

htr

adit

iona

lcu

ltur

e.Fu

llof

prai

sefo

r‘o

bstin

ate,

cons

erva

tive

and

philo

soph

y-fi

lled’

grou

pslik

eth

eB

alub

a(1

959:

161)

,Tem

pels

was

open

ly

cont

empt

uous

ofE

urop

eani

sed

Afr

ican

s,th

eév

olué

sas

Bel

gian

and

Fren

ch

colo

nial

ism

calle

dth

em(l

itera

lly‘t

heev

olve

don

es’—

ahi

stor

yof

colo

nial

atti

tude

sin

one

wor

d).

ToT

empe

ls,t

hese

peop

lew

ere

root

less

,mon

ey-

obse

ssed

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pty

and

unsa

tisf

ied

sou1

s‘m

oral

and

inte

llec

tual

tram

ps

‘acl

ass

ofps

eudo

-Eur

opea

ns,

wit

hout

prin

cipl

es,

char

acte

r,pu

rpos

es,

orse

nse’

(195

9:18

0,18

4).

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spa

rtof

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pels

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gum

ent

rese

mbl

esth

eid

eas

ofso

me

othe

r

inte

llect

uals

not

far

toth

eso

uth,

who

also

had

ath

eory

abou

tth

eB

antu

.

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idea

ofa

fund

amen

tal c

ultu

ral g

apbe

twee

nB

antu

and

Eur

opea

nw

as

part

ofth

eju

stif

icat

ion

for

‘rig

htfu

lra

ce-s

epar

atio

nin

the

thou

ght

of

Afr

ikan

ersc

hola

rssu

chas

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ffre

yC

ronj

é,w

hoin

the

1940

sde

velo

ped

a

soci

olog

ical

just

ific

atio

nfo

rth

eem

erge

ntA

part

heid

regi

me

inS

outh

Afr

ica

(Cro

njé

1947

;C

oetz

ee19

91).

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thes

ebe

liefs

wer

eno

tun

iver

sal

amon

gw

hite

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hA

fric

anin

telle

ctua

ls.A

fier

cede

bate

igni

ted

betw

een

criti

csan

dsu

ppor

ters

ofA

part

heid

,and

abou

t str

ateg

ies

ofop

posi

tion

to

the

regi

me—

the

them

e,fo

rins

tanc

e,of

Nad

ine

Gor

dim

er’s

beau

tiful

nove

l

Bur

ger’

sD

augh

ter(

1979

).

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pels

’bo

okw

as,w

itho

uta

doub

t,a

just

ific

atio

nfo

rco

loni

alis

m—

puri

fied

colo

nial

ism

,in

whi

chm

issi

onar

ies

and

educ

ator

sw

ould

com

bine

the

best

ofC

hris

tiani

tyw

ithth

ebe

stof

Ban

tuon

tolo

gyto

lead

the

Afr

ican

s

upw

ards

.Tem

pels

did

nots

eeco

min

gth

etid

alw

ave

ofde

colo

nisa

tion

that

soon

tran

sfor

med

Afr

ica,

led

prec

isel

yby

thos

eév

olué

she

desp

ised

radi

cals

like

Kw

ame

Nkr

umah

(195

7),e

duca

ted

inbo

thth

eG

old

Coa

st

and

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es, w

hoin

1951

won

ala

ndsl

ide

elec

tion

inw

hat

was

tobe

com

eG

hana

. Tem

pels

’pat

erna

list

mod

elof

chan

gew

asim

med

iate

ly

obso

lete

.D

urin

gth

etw

ode

cade

sof

anti

-col

onia

lpo

litic

alan

dcu

ltur

al

stru

ggle

that

follo

wed

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ldW

arII

,itw

asth

eot

her

side

ofhi

sth

ough

t,

the

prai

seof

Afr

ican

philo

soph

y,th

atha

da

rem

arka

ble

infl

uenc

e.

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publ

icat

ion

ofB

antu

Phi

loso

phy

trig

gere

da

who

lein

dust

ryof

ethn

ophi

osop

hyfr

omth

e19

40s

toth

e19

80s.

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pels

’am

ateu

ret

hno

grap

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asso

onre

plac

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muc

hm

ore

soph

isti

cate

dw

ork.

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xis

Kag

ame

from

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anda

wro

tein

La

phil

osop

hie

bant

u-rw

anda

ise

del’

être

(195

6),

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abor

ate

acco

unt

ofin

dige

nous

onto

logy

base

don

acl

ose

anal

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(198

7:21

2).

Bec

ause

the

rise

ofet

hnop

hios

ophy

was

exac

tlyco

ntem

pora

ryw

ith

deco

loni

satio

n,th

edi

scov

ery

ofph

iloso

phie

sba

sed

inin

dige

nous

cultu

res

beca

me

ave

hicl

efo

rth

ere

asse

rtio

nof

Afr

ican

dign

ity.G

yeky

e(1

987:

33)

cite

sa

fasc

inat

ing

docu

men

t,a

reso

lutio

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outp

hilo

soph

yfr

omth

e19

59

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gres

sof

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roW

rite

rsan

dA

rtis

ts,w

hich

stat

esth

atA

fric

anph

iloso

phy

shou

ldbe

base

don

‘the

trad

ition

s,ta

les,

myt

hsan

dpr

over

bs’o

fthe

peop

le,

and

shou

lddr

awfr

omth

em‘t

hela

ws

of

atr

ueA

fric

anw

isdo

m’.

Philo

soph

ers

doin

gth

issh

ould

rid

them

selv

esof

any

infe

rior

ity

feel

ings

vis-

à-vi

sth

eW

est.

Indig

enous

kn

ow

led

ge

and

Afr

ican

Renais

sance

101

The

idea

ofA

fric

anph

iloso

phy,

then

,was

anin

telle

ctua

l par

alle

lto

the

bett

er-k

now

nre

asse

rtio

nof

Afr

ican

crea

tivity

inth

ene

gritu

dem

ovem

ent

ofth

e19

30s

and

1940

s.Po

ets

such

asL

eopo

ldSe

ngho

ran

dA

imé

Cés

aire

cele

brat

edth

eex

peri

ence

ofth

ose

who

wer

ene

gate

d,de

fine

das

‘oth

erby

whi

teE

urop

ean

cultu

re.T

hem

ovem

entw

asgi

ven

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mou

spu

blic

ityin

the

met

ropo

leby

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-Pau

lSar

tre’s

essa

y‘B

lack

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heus

whi

chap

pear

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ithin

afe

wye

ars

ofTe

mpe

ls’

Ban

tuPh

iloso

phy

and

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nPa

ton’

sfa

mou

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ry,t

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ount

ry, m

arki

nga

high

poin

t for

whi

tein

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ctua

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ent o

fbla

ckco

nsci

ousn

ess.

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liter

ary

mov

emen

tbec

ame

incr

easi

ngly

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tici

sed

asth

est

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les

for

colo

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ence

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rant

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and

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phio

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rtin

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ltur

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gitim

atin

gA

fric

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ce.B

utw

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actu

ally

philo

soph

y?T

hequ

esti

onha

dbe

enra

ised

byT

empe

lshi

mse

lf.

By

the

l960

s,m

ore

doub

tsw

ere

bein

gex

pres

sed.

In19

76th

eyw

ere

crys

talli

sed

ina

bril

lian

t,w

itty

and

angr

ybo

okca

lled

Afr

ican

Philo

soph

y:M

yth

and

Rea

lity,

byth

eyo

ung

Dah

omey

anph

ilos

ophe

rPa

ulin

Hou

nton

dji.

Hou

nton

dji

issc

athi

ngab

out

the

idea

ofan

imm

anen

tA

fric

an

phil

osop

hyth

atco

uld

bedi

scov

ered

incu

stom

s,ch

ants

and

myt

hs.

He

poin

tsto

the

lack

ofa

clea

rte

xtua

lba

sefo

rth

eet

hnop

hilo

soph

ers’

inte

rpre

tati

ons,

and

the

cont

radi

ctor

ydo

ctri

nes

they

prod

uced

.T

his

‘phi

loso

phy’

was

not

cons

truc

ted

byri

goro

usan

dte

stab

lem

etho

ds;

itis

,

infa

ct,a

loos

epr

ojec

tion

ofth

eet

hnop

hios

ophe

rs’

own

idea

s:

that

whi

chex

ists

,th

atw

hich

isin

cont

rove

rtib

lygi

ven

isth

at

[eth

noph

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phic

al]

liter

atur

e.A

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ject

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sto

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ore,

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aw

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king

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am

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hen

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ofA

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ilos

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Im

ean

that

lite

ratu

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and

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unde

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has

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rm

ade

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stre

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sto

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ing

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inar

y,of

an

impl

icit

‘phi

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conc

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das

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thin

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hen

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ngto

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ith

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have

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hem

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tood

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ityof

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row

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scou

rse

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ion

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nton

dji

1976

:55

).

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dig

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kn

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ge

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103

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hela

ter

put

it,th

isw

asan

evas

ion

ofre

spon

sibi

lity:

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noph

ilos

ophe

rs]

deve

lope

da

sort

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ilos

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inth

eth

ird

pers

on,c

onsi

stin

gof

sent

ence

slik

eth

is: ‘

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yth

ink

soan

dso

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ysa

yso

and

soet

c.T

hey

reno

unce

d,in

ase

nse,

spea

king

and

argu

ing

onth

eir

own

beha

lf.

The

yre

noun

ced

inte

llec

tual

resp

onsi

bili

ty(H

ount

ondj

i19

96:

83).

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her,

ethn

ophi

osop

hyw

asba

sed

onba

dso

cial

anal

ysis

.Itm

ade

anim

plau

sibl

eas

sum

ptio

nof

cons

ensu

sw

ithi

nA

fric

ancu

lture

s,‘th

em

yth

ofpr

imiti

veun

anim

ity,w

ith

itssu

gges

tion

that

in“p

rim

itive

”so

ciet

ies—

that

isto

say,

non-

Wes

tern

soci

etie

s—ev

eryb

ody

alw

ays

agre

esw

ith

ever

ybod

yel

se’

(Hou

nton

dji

1976

:60

).It

mad

ea

fals

eas

sum

ptio

nth

atA

fric

anso

ciet

ies

wer

ecu

ltura

llyst

atic

, so

anun

chan

ging

wor

ld-v

iew

coul

dbe

disc

over

edin

them

.Fa

rfr

ompu

ttin

gau

then

tic

Afr

ican

philo

soph

ical

wor

kin

tow

ider

circ

ulat

ion,

ethn

ophi

osop

hyre

prod

uced

the

colo

nise

rs’

gaze

onA

fric

ancu

lture

.In

shor

t,H

ount

ondj

iar

gues

,th

ew

hole

scho

olof

ethn

ophi

loso

phy

from

Tem

pels

onw

ard

was

a‘m

adan

dho

pele

ssen

terp

rise

’ba

sed

on‘a

huge

mis

conc

eptio

n’(1

976:

52, 7

5—6)

-—un

scie

ntifi

c,ar

bitr

ary

and

now

polit

ical

lyre

actio

nary

.H

ount

ondj

iun

ders

tood

that

ethn

ophi

loso

phy

and

the

negr

itud

e

mov

emen

tw

ere

resp

onse

sto

the

colo

nial

ist

cont

empt

for

prim

itiv

eth

ough

t,a

cont

empt

expr

esse

dno

ton

lyby

sunb

urne

dpl

ante

rsin

pith

helm

ets,

but

also

bydi

stin

guis

hed

inte

llec

tual

sin

Pari

s.B

utas

sert

ion

ofth

edi

stin

ctne

ssof

Afr

ican

cultu

re,p

rogr

essi

vein

the

tim

eof

antic

olon

ial

stru

ggle

,ch

ange

dit

spo

liti

cal

colo

urin

the

neoc

olon

ial

era.

Itno

wbe

cam

epa

rtof

the

ideo

logy

ofdi

ctat

oria

lpo

stin

depe

nden

cest

ates

.H

ount

ondj

iwas

pung

ent

inhi

scr

itic

ism

ofth

ese

regi

mes

and

thei

rse

lf-

serv

ing

cult

ural

orth

odox

ies.

He

had

pers

onal

expe

rien

ceof

teac

hing

inZ

aire

inth

eti

me

of

the

Mob

utu

dic

tato

rsh

ipan

dit

sdo

gma

of

‘aut

hent

icit

yH

ount

ondj

iw

asby

nom

eans

alon

ein

mak

ing

such

criti

cism

s.Fo

rin

stan

ce,t

heG

hana

ian

phil

osop

her

Kw

asiW

ired

u,in

Philo

soph

yan

dan

Afr

ican

Cul

ture

(198

0),m

ade

acl

ear

dist

inct

ion

betw

een

‘fol

kth

ough

t’on

the

one

hand

,an

dph

ilos

ophy

asa

criti

cal

prac

tice,

base

don

reas

onan

dar

gum

ent,

onth

eot

her.

IfA

fric

anph

ilos

ophy

mea

nton

lytr

adit

iona

lcu

ltur

e,W

ired

uar

gued

,ph

ilos

ophe

rsw

ould

have

toab

ando

nm

oder

n

logi

can

dep

iste

mol

ogy

as‘u

n-A

fric

an’

and

‘con

tent

ours

elve

sw

ith

repe

atin

gth

epr

over

bsan

dfo

lkco

ncep

tions

ofou

rfo

refa

ther

sW

hat

rem

ains

for

Afr

ican

phil

osop

hyaf

ter

this

trul

yde

vast

atin

gcr

itiqu

e?In

Hou

nton

dji’

san

dW

ired

u’s

view

,ev

eryt

hing

rem

ains

.T

hey

have

mer

ely

been

clea

ring

away

ada

mag

ing

myt

h,w

hich

has

beco

me

anob

stru

ctio

nto

inte

llec

tual

deve

lopm

ent.

As

Wir

edu

(198

0:36

)ar

gued

:‘A

fric

anph

iloso

phy,

asdi

stin

ctfr

omA

fric

antr

adit

iona

lw

orld

-vie

ws,

isth

eph

ilos

ophy

that

isbe

ing

prod

uced

byco

nte

mpora

ryA

fric

anph

iloso

pher

s.It

isst

illin

the

mak

ing.

’T

hese

argu

men

tsw

ere

notr

ecei

ved

wit

hun

iver

sal a

ccla

im. H

ount

ondj

iin

part

icul

artr

odon

som

any

toes

that

Afr

ican

Phi

loso

phy

beca

me

the

cent

reof

itsow

nco

ntro

vers

y,so

me

ofit

vici

ous.

Hou

nton

dji w

asac

cuse

dby

the

left

ofbe

ing

ape

tit-

bour

geoi

sin

divi

dual

ist,

and

byth

eri

ght

ofbe

tray

ing

Afr

ican

peop

lean

dcu

ltur

e.E

thno

phil

osop

hers

saw

him

asco

mm

itte

dto

aE

uroc

entr

icvi

ewof

philo

soph

y.H

ew

asch

arge

dw

ith

bein

ga

neoc

olon

ialis

t,an

eliti

st,a

nid

ealis

t,a

wri

ting-

fetis

hist

, asn

oban

dan

inte

llec

tual

frau

d.N

ow

onde

r,lo

okin

gba

ckon

the

cont

rove

rsy,

heca

lled

ita’

pollu

ted

deba

te’

(Gye

kye

1987

; Ser

eque

berh

an19

91; H

ount

ondj

i19

90, 2

002a

:16

2ff)

.Y

et, o

ver

time,

the

crit

ique

ofet

hnop

hios

ophy

prev

aile

d.T

hecr

itics

wer

eno

tab

ando

ning

issu

esab

out

Afr

ica,

but

thin

king

abou

tth

emin

adi

ffer

ent

way

.B

oth

Wir

edu

and

Hou

nton

dji

wer

eco

ncer

ned

wit

hth

ere

cons

truc

tion

ofA

fric

ancu

lture

s.H

ount

ondj

i’s

firs

tboo

k,L

iber

tés

(197

3),

had

been

cent

rall

yco

ncer

ned

wit

hth

eco

nnec

tion

sam

ong

inte

llec

tual

inte

grity

, fre

edom

and

popu

lar

part

icip

atio

nin

polit

ical

chan

ge.

Hou

nton

dji

did

not w

ish

toab

ando

nlo

cal c

ultu

ral k

now

ledg

e,bu

the

insi

sted

that

ethn

ophi

loso

phy

and

ethn

osci

ence

(the

acad

emic

disc

iplin

eth

attr

ies

tore

cons

truc

tno

n-W

este

rncu

lture

s’vi

ews

ofpl

ants

,an

imal

s,th

ena

tura

l wor

ld, m

athe

mat

ics,

etc.

)re

pres

ente

da

Eur

opea

nga

zeon

it.So

Afr

ican

inte

llect

uals

who

purs

ued

thes

eap

proa

ches

wer

ead

opti

nga

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opea

npo

int

ofvi

ew;

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rw

ork

was

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rove

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er, w

asa

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iftin

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cial

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eth

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enta

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s

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owle

dge

inte

rsec

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trou

bles

ome

way

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ithid

enti

typo

litic

s.In

a

dich

otom

ous

disc

ours

eth

ateq

uate

s‘A

frica

n’w

ithin

dige

nous

ethn

icid

entit

y,

ther

eis

nopl

ace

fors

igni

fica

ntgr

oups

ofin

telle

ctua

lsw

hose

Afr

ican

iden

tity

has

othe

rgr

ound

s.T

hey

incl

ude

whi

tew

rite

rsw

hosh

ared

inth

eA

fric

an

cultu

ralr

eviv

alan

dth

est

rugg

leag

ains

tApa

rthe

id(e

.g.D

avid

son,

Fuga

rd),

mem

bers

ofth

ebl

ack

Afr

ican

dias

pora

(Du

Boi

s,Fa

non)

,int

elle

ctua

lsfr

om

Ara

bA

fric

a(A

min

),an

dth

em

any

loca

llybo

rnin

tell

ectu

alw

orke

rsof

Eur

opea

n,In

dian

orin

terr

acia

lba

ckgr

ound

sw

hoha

vea

role

incu

rren

t

proj

ects

ofre

form

and

deve

lopm

ent

(see

Con

nell

2007

).

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sedi

ffic

ultie

sw

illno

tbe

solv

edby

mor

eel

abor

ate

cate

gori

es,b

ut

byth

inki

ngm

ore

care

fully

abou

tth

eci

rcum

stan

ces

ofin

telle

ctua

lw

ork.

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pene

trat

ing

disc

ussi

onof

the

Afr

ican

Ren

aiss

ance

idea

,M

ahm

ood

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dani

(199

9)re

calle

dho

w,

unde

rth

eA

part

heid

syst

em,

segr

egat

ed

univ

ersi

ties

had

func

tione

d‘m

ore

asde

tent

ion

cent

res

forb

lack

inte

llect

uals

than

asce

ntre

sth

atw

ould

nour

ish

inte

llect

ualt

ho

ug

ht

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dani

note

d

that

raci

alis

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inki

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rsis

ted

inth

epo

st-A

part

heid

peri

od,a

ndit

was

now

cruc

ialt

oat

tem

ptth

e‘d

erac

ialis

atio

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inte

llect

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rodu

ctio

nT

his

impl

ied

dera

cial

ised

inst

itutio

ns,p

lus

inte

llect

ualf

reed

om.B

utde

raci

alis

ed

know

ledg

eab

out

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ica

coul

don

lybe

prod

uced

byan

‘Afr

ica-

focu

sed

inte

llige

ntsi

a’T

his

was

diff

icul

t in

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hA

fric

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here

the

inst

itut

ions

of

scie

nce

and

high

ered

ucat

ion

cont

inue

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ostil

eto

Afr

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focu

sed

thought

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eha

dbe

enac

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edin

othe

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rts

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a—fo

rin

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wit

hth

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ural

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arch

orth

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of

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ical

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omy.

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dani

thus

poin

ted

toth

esa

me

issu

eth

atco

ncer

ned

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nton

dji:

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cond

ition

sof

exis

tenc

eof

inte

llect

ualw

orke

rsin

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ica,

inth

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ntex

tof a

glob

alec

onom

yan

dm

etro

polit

ancu

ltura

l heg

emon

y.T

his

isun

ques

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bly

aso

repo

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ndik

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trac

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yof

the

rela

tion

ship

betw

een

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llect

uals

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post

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epen

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vern

men

tsac

ross

blac

kA

fric

a.In

telle

ctua

lsha

dm

ostly

supp

orte

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tion-

build

ing

inth

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s,bu

trep

ress

ive

regi

mes

clos

edth

esp

aces

for

deba

tean

dof

ten

dem

ande

did

eolo

gica

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form

ity.A

fric

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cial

scie

ntis

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icul

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ere

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hen

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ved

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80s

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1990

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wed

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over

nmen

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nad

vise

rs, w

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ulta

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s,no

t bas

icre

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ms,

assu

min

gth

at‘p

oor

rese

arch

was

good

enou

ghfo

rth

epoor

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diff

icul

tyof

find

ing

grou

ndfo

rth

ede

velo

pmen

tofA

fric

anso

cial

scie

nces

isem

phas

ised

byth

ose

who

have

look

edat

the

inst

itut

ions

men

tion

edby

Mam

dani

.C

heck

ing

the

curr

icul

aof

univ

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inSu

b-Sa

hara

nA

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a,Pe

ter

Cro

ssm

anan

dR

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isch

(200

2)an

dB

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tB

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find

litt

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atio

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cont

ent,

orte

achi

ngin

indi

geno

usla

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ges,

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afte

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liti

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inde

pend

ence

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keN

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fund

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ctly

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nded

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este

nds

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ppor

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ale,

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itnes

sth

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port

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isat

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for

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inE

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ern

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yin

clud

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cals

tudi

esof

yout

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ader

ship

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sk,

stre

ssam

ong

publ

icse

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ts,

food

secu

rity

,ge

nder

and

smal

l•

ente

rpri

ses,

sexu

alab

use

(OSS

RE

AB

ulle

tin

2005

).A

llar

ew

orth

yto

pics

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asH

ount

ondj

iob

serv

ed,t

hest

age

ofth

eory

-bui

ldin

gis

mis

sing

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far,

itse

ems,

the

Afr

ican

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aiss

ance

has

not

give

nri

seto

anin

telle

ctua

lfer

men

ttha

twou

ldin

spir

ene

wde

velo

pmen

tsin

soci

alth

ough

t.Y

etsu

cha

thin

gha

sha

ppen

edin

the

past

.Mud

imbe

’s(1

988)

vast

surv

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vent

ion

ofA

fric

atr

aces

epis

tem

olog

ical

rupt

ures

inth

ough

tab

out

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espe

cial

lyth

eon

eth

atch

alle

nged

the

read

ing

ofA

fric

aas

‘oth

er’ t

oth

eE

urop

ean.

Pick

ing

upst

eam

inth

e19

20s

and

com

plet

edin

the

1950

s,th

isep

iste

mol

ogic

albr

eak—

incl

udin

gth

ene

wA

fric

anhi

stor

iogr

aphy

, the

criti

que

ofet

hnog

raph

y,th

ene

gritu

dem

ovem

enta

ndA

fric

anin

depe

nden

cepo

liti

cal

thou

ght—

mad

epo

ssib

leth

eve

ryid

eaof

anA

fric

a-fo

cuse

din

telli

gent

sia

tow

hich

Mam

dani

muc

hla

ter

appe

aled

.In

this

spir

it,

Ire

call

ast

udy

from

age

nera

tion

even

befo

reth

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South

ern

theo

ry

Ken

yatta

and

Tem

pels

.In

1916

inL

ondo

n,S

olom

onT

shek

isho

Plaa

tje

publ

ishe

dN

ativ

eL

ife

inS

outh

Afr

ica.

Thi

sw

asno

ta

trav

elog

ue,n

oran

ethn

ogra

phy,

nor

ata

leof

life

onan

Afr

ican

farm

.Itw

asan

acco

unto

fthe

impa

ctof

the

1913

Nat

ives

’Lan

dA

ct,p

ushe

dth

roug

hth

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l-w

hite

Sout

h

Afr

ican

parl

iam

ent i

nth

ew

ake

ofun

ion

betw

een

the

Bri

tish

and

Afr

ikan

er

colo

nies

.The

purp

ose

ofth

eA

ctw

asto

forc

ebl

ack

tena

ntfa

rmer

sof

fthe

ir

land

,to

crea

tea

wag

ela

bour

forc

efo

rthe

bene

fito

fwhi

tepr

oper

tyow

ners

,

and

tose

t up

blac

kho

mel

ands

(as

they

wer

ela

ter

calle

d).

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as,i

nsh

ort,

anen

clos

ure

act a

long

raci

allin

es,a

nda

key

mov

eto

war

dsA

part

heid

.

Plaa

tjew

asa

cour

ttra

nsla

tor

turn

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urna

list

,att

heti

me

the

gene

ral

secr

etar

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rece

ntly

foun

ded

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ativ

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atio

nalC

ongr

ess

(soo

nto

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me

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AN

C).

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trav

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untr

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ctof

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spla

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desc

ribe

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ses

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ents

spee

ches

,

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enta

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per

repo

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gan

wri

ting

iton

boar

dth

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ipto

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land

,to

appe

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ent

to

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rven

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isca

sein

clud

edpa

ssio

nate

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out

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soci

al

cons

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nces

ofth

eA

ct,i

rony

abou

tth

eC

hris

tian

pret

ensi

ons

ofSo

uth

Afr

ica’

sru

lers

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itiq

ueof

raci

alha

tred

and

ofth

eim

plac

abil

ity

ofth

e

Boe

rpol

itici

ans,

anap

peal

toim

peri

alci

tizen

ship

,and

ave

iled

pred

icti

on

ofth

ebl

oods

hed

that

mig

htre

sult

from

the

path

ofra

cial

segr

egat

ion.

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Bri

tish

felt

deep

sym

path

y.B

utth

eye

arth

ede

lega

tion

arri

ved

was

1914

and

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impe

rial

gove

rnm

ent h

adot

her

fish

tofr

yA

sL

loyd

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rge

late

rto

ldPl

aatje

,the

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tish

coul

dha

rdly

inte

rfer

ein

the

inte

rnal

affa

irs

ofa

dom

inio

nto

whi

chth

eyha

dju

stgi

ven

self

-gov

ernm

ent.

Soth

ede

lega

tion,

and

the

book

,fa

iled

inth

eir

poli

tica

lpu

rpos

e.Y

et

the

book

has

endu

ring

impo

rtan

ce.

Ifw

ear

elo

okin

gfo

rcl

assi

csof

wor

ld

soci

olog

y,N

ativ

eL

ife

inS

outh

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ica

isce

rtai

nly

one.

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not

only

a

pion

eeri

ngpi

ece

offi

eldw

ork,

done

unde

rgr

eat

diff

icul

ty,a

nda

stri

king

diss

eCtio

nof

raci

sm,i

nbo

thre

spec

tsco

mpa

rabl

eto

the

wor

kof

W.E

.B.

duB

ois

inth

esa

me

gene

ratio

n.Pl

aatje

’sw

ork

isal

soan

acut

ean

alys

isof

apo

litic

alan

dso

cial

conj

unct

ure.

Itsh

ows

how

,in

the

colo

nial

situ

atio

n,

the

cont

rol

ofla

ndan

dth

edi

srup

tion

ofla

ndte

nure

are

cent

ral

toth

e

patt

ern

ofdo

min

atio

n,th

epl

ayof

inte

rest

s,th

eco

nsci

ousn

ess

ofgr

oups

and

the

proc

ess

ofso

cial

chan

ge.I

tis

ast

rilci

ngex

ampl

eof

soci

aldi

agno

sis,

and

ithi

ghli

ghts

anis

sue

that

met

ropo

lita

nso

ciol

ogy

alm

ost

enti

rely

mis

sed.

Iwifi

retu

rnto

this

issu

ein

Cha

pter

9.

6Is

lam

and

Wes

tern

dom

inan

ceT

heP

rophet

of

Isla

mw

asap

poin

ted

toco

mple

teth

e

mov

emen

tw

hich

has

exis

ted

thro

ughout

hist

ory

in

opposi

tion

todec

epti

on,

fals

ehoo

d,po

lyth

eism

,di

scor

d,

hypo

cris

y,ar

isto

crac

y,an

dcl

ass

diff

eren

ces.

Thj

sw

asm

ade

ago

alof

the

stru

ggle

byth

ean

nounce

men

tth

atal

l

hum

anit

yis

ofon

era

ce,

one

sour

ce,

one

natu

re,

and

of

one

God

.

—A

uS

har

iati

(197

2)

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r

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ern

theo

ryIs

lam

an

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om

inan

ce

113

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rese

ntm

yen

coun

ters

with

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wri

tings

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ian

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llect

uals

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grap

pled

with

the

prob

lem

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rndo

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ance

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e

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lim

wor

ld.

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reis

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rM

usli

mli

tera

ture

onth

issu

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t;

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ism

,tho

ugh

the

maj

orit

ytr

adit

ion

inIr

an,

isa

min

orit

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mas

a

who

le.

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cuse

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this

trad

itio

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thbe

caus

eI

have

mor

eba

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ound

inIr

ania

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rab

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done

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hist

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beca

use

ofth

esi

gnif

ican

ce

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eIr

ania

nre

volu

tion

of19

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resh

apin

gth

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uslim

wor

ld’s

rela

tions

with

the

met

ropo

le.I

slam

is—

cont

rary

tom

edia

ster

eoty

pes

and

‘cla

shof

civi

lisat

ions

’id

eolo

gues

—un

derg

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vast

chan

gean

dre

nova

tion

,an

d

thes

eau

thor

sfo

rma

sign

ific

ants

tran

din

this

proc

ess.

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nI s

ayen

coun

ters

with

thei

rwri

tings

,Ish

ould

say

enco

unte

rsw

ith

tran

slat

ions

.I

have

nokn

owle

dge

ofFa

rsi

(Per

sian

)or

Ara

bic.

Iam

not

only

depe

nden

ton

tran

slat

ors’

rend

erin

gsof

text

, but

also

onth

eir

choi

ce

ofte

xts

totr

ansl

ate.

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tuna

tely

, the

key

book

sby

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fgha

nian

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vebe

entr

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ated

infu

ll,as

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asa

mpl

eof

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iati’

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ctur

es

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cial

issu

es;o

ther

wis

eth

isch

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rw

ould

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epo

ssib

leat

all.

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etr

ied

tofil

l the

gaps

byst

udyi

ngbi

ogra

phie

s,ge

nera

lhi

stor

ies,

anth

olog

ies

and

spec

ialis

tar

ticl

es.

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erth

eles

s,I

emph

asis

eth

atth

is

chap

ter

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tof

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das

ate

chni

cal

stud

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roe

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spec

ific

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asan

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unte

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loph

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sts

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ve.

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uta

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Dur

ing

the

seco

ndha

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the

nine

teen

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ntur

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efo

rmat

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we

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soci

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me

into

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tenc

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tern

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ope

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eti

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rse

abou

tth

eso

cial

—th

ough

itw

asst

ruct

ured

indi

ffer

ent

way

s.A

cent

ral f

igur

ein

this

tran

siti

onw

asSa

yyid

Jam

alad

-Din

,kn

own

tofa

me

asal

-Afg

hani

.1

1Fo

rth

ose

unfa

mil

iar w

ith

thes

ena

min

gcu

stom

s:‘S

ayyi

d’is

anho

nori

fic

sign

ifyi

ngth

at

the

pers

on’s

fam

ilyis

desc

ende

dfr

omth

efa

mily

ofth

eP

roph

et.‘

A1-

Afg

hani

’is

aco

mm

on

type

ofal

tern

ativ

eto

the

pers

onal

nam

e;it

mea

ns,m

ore

orle

ss,‘

ofA

fgha

nist

an’

and

was

used

byJa

mal

ad-D

inaf

ter

his

firs

tim

po

rtan

tpo

liti

cal

post

,as

anad

vise

rto

the

Em

iro

f

Afg

hani

stan

.Ado

pted

byso

meo

nefr

omSh

i’ite

Iran

,the

nam

eal

sosu

gges

tsso

lida

rity

wit

h

Sunn

is.

AI-

Afg

hani

’sbe

stkn

own

wor

ksw

ere

wri

tten

inth

e18

80s

whe

nhe

was

alre

ady

mid

dle-

aged

;he

was

ayo

unge

rco

ntem

pora

ryof

Her

bert

Spen

cer

and

Frie

dric

hEn

gels

, alit

tleol

der t

han

Ferd

inan

dT

önni

es.B

uthi

sco

nditi

ons

oflif

ew

ere

dram

atic

ally

diff

eren

tfro

mth

eirs

. He

spen

t mos

tofh

isad

ultl

ife

trav

ellin

gac

ross

the

Isla

mic

wor

ld, f

rom

Kol

kata

toC

airo

, with

peri

ods

also

inC

hris

tian

coun

trie

s,liv

ing

offh

isw

itsan

dhi

ssc

hola

rshi

p,ra

rely

able

to

settl

ean

ywhe

refo

rm

ore

than

afe

wye

ars.

He

was

deep

lyin

volv

edin

elite

polit

ics,

bein

gad

vise

r atv

ario

ustim

esto

mon

arch

sin

Afg

hani

stan

, Ira

nan

d

the

Ott

oman

empi

re.

He

was

also

invo

lved

inre

form

polit

ics

inse

vera

l

coun

trie

s,an

dhe

lped

toin

spir

eim

port

ant

soci

alm

ovem

ents

inE

gypt

and

Iran

. He

was

expe

lled

from

,or

had

tofle

e,fo

urco

untr

ies

atdi

ffer

entt

imes

.

He

seem

sto

have

been

aw

onde

rful

orat

oran

dte

ache

r;he

also

crea

ted

one

ofth

efi

rst

new

spap

ers

tobe

read

acro

ssth

eIs

lam

icw

orld

. He

had

alo

yal

follo

win

g,an

dpr

obab

lyin

spir

edth

eas

sass

inat

ion

ofa

Shah

.He

was

rega

rded

byth

eB

ritis

has

aR

ussi

anag

enta

ndw

aseq

ually

dist

rust

edby

the

Rus

sian

s.

Att

heen

d,he

died

inde

tent

ion,

trap

ped

byth

ere

gim

eth

atw

asth

em

ain

bene

fici

ary

ofhi

spa

n-Is

lam

icca

mpa

ign.

Thi

sw

asno

talif

em

ade

for

quie

t sch

olar

lyre

flec

tion.

Al-

Afg

hani

wro

te

only

one

book

,T

heT

ruth

abou

tth

eN

eich

eri

Sect

and

anE

xpla

nati

onof

the

Nei

cher

is,

bett

erkn

own

asR

efut

atio

nof

the

Mat

e-ri

alis

ts(t

heti

tle

of

itsA

rabi

ctr

ansl

atio

n).

Mos

tof

his

wri

tten

wor

kco

mpr

ised

essa

ysfo

r

new

spap

ers

and

mag

azin

es.

Muc

hof

his

infl

uenc

ew

asce

rtai

nly

due

to

face

-to-

face

teac

hing

,no

tsu

rpri

sing

inw

hat

was

still

mai

nly

anor

al

cultu

re.T

houg

hth

ere

are

som

ere

cord

sof

his

teac

hing

and

conv

ersa

tion,

ther

eis

cont

rove

rsy

abou

thi

sex

actv

iew

s.Fo

ral

ltha

t,it

iscl

ear

that

al

Afg

hani

was

anor

igin

alth

inke

ran

dha

da

pow

erfu

lint

elle

ctua

lim

pact

.

Rat

hert

han

syst

ems

inth

em

anne

rofS

penc

eror

Enge

ls, h

ecr

eate

dst

artin

g

poin

tsfo

rcu

ltura

lch

ange

. He

open

edup

prob

lem

san

dcr

eate

dm

odel

sof

argu

men

ttha

twer

ede

velo

ped

byla

ter

thin

kers

inm

any

diff

eren

t way

s.

We

shou

ldse

eal

-Afg

hani

asan

inte

llect

ualo

f ahi

stor

ical

lyne

wki

nd—

asw

esh

ould

see

the

soci

alsc

ient

ists

ofE

urop

e—m

ade

poss

ible

byth

e

uphe

aval

sof

cult

ure,

educ

atio

nan

dpo

liti

cal

syst

ems

resu

ltin

gfr

om

impe

rial

ism

. Al-

Afg

hani

was

apr

acti

tion

erin

two

cultu

res,

that

ofth

e

impe

rial

ists

and

that

ofth

eco

loni

sed,

and

wor

ked

atth

ein

ters

ecti

onof

the

two.

He

was

one

ofth

efi

rstt

hink

ers

anyw

here

inth

ew

orld

who

trie

d

tom

obili

seth

ere

sour

ces

ofbo

thcu

lture

sto

gene

rate

avi

goro

usan

swer

,

atbo

thpr

actic

alan

din

telle

ctua

lle

vels

,to

the

impe

rial

ists

.

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South

ern

theo

ryIs

lam

an

dW

este

rnd

om

inan

ce

115

The

prob

lem

was

acut

e.A

l-A

fgha

nica

me

tom

atur

ity

inth

epe

riod

that

has

been

aptly

calle

d‘t

heze

nith

ofE

urop

ean

pow

er’

(Bur

y19

60).

He

lived

ina

regi

onpa

rtly

occu

pied

byE

urop

ean

mili

tary

forc

es, w

ithth

ere

stsw

ept

byE

urop

ean

polit

ical

pres

sure

and

econ

omic

pene

trat

ion.

Mos

trem

aini

ngM

uslim

gove

rnm

ents

wer

epu

ppet

sof

the

impe

rial

pow

ers,

orco

mpl

etel

yin

tim

idat

edby

them

.A1-

Afg

hani

saw

this

atfi

rsth

and,

visi

ting

Indi

aso

onaf

ter

the

grea

tri

sing

of18

57ha

dbe

encr

ushe

d.H

esa

wth

efe

eble

Qaj

arre

gim

ein

Iran

pull

edth

isw

ayan

dth

atbe

twee

nth

eR

ussi

ans

and

the

Bri

tish,

and

trie

dun

succ

essf

ully

tone

gotia

tea

peac

ebe

twee

nth

eB

ritis

han

dth

eM

ahdi

stm

ovem

ent

inSu

dan.

Toso

meo

neco

ncer

ned

wit

hth

edi

gnity

ofIs

lam

,thi

sw

asin

tole

rabl

e.A

1-A

fgha

nibe

cam

ea

life

long

opponen

tof

the

Bri

tish

empi

re,

the

supe

rpow

erin

the

Mus

limw

orld

atth

eti

me

(muc

has

the

Uni

ted

Stat

esis

now

).M

ost

ofhi

spo

liti

cal

wor

kco

ncer

ned

atte

mpt

s,w

hich

mos

tly

fail

edin

the

shor

tte

rm,

tost

reng

then

Isla

mic

regi

mes

and

crea

tean

ti-B

ritis

hre

sist

ance

.But

heal

soin

quir

edin

toth

ere

ason

sfo

r the

terr

ible

wea

knes

sof

Isla

mic

soci

ety.

The

rear

ese

vera

lst

rand

sto

al-A

fgha

ni’s

thou

ght

onth

ispr

oble

m.H

esa

wtr

ends

that

had

sapp

edth

est

reng

thof

Isla

mfr

omw

ithi

n,su

chas

tyra

nnou

sru

lers

who

had

dest

roye

dcu

ltur

alre

sour

ces.

He

saw

aM

uslim

cler

ical

inte

llige

ntsi

a,th

eul

ama,

who

had

repl

aced

livin

gre

ligio

nw

itha

dust

ysc

hola

stic

ism

.He

saw

rift

sam

ong

Mus

lims—

the

Shi’

ite/S

unni

split

amon

gth

em—

that

open

edth

epa

thto

conq

uest

from

outs

ide.

He

also

deve

lope

da

mor

eco

mpl

excu

ltura

lana

lysi

s,an

dfo

r thi

sIt

urn

tohi

slon

gest

text

,the

Ref

utat

ion

ofth

eMat

eria

lists

.On

the

face

ofit,

the

Ref

utat

ion

isno

tab

out

impe

rial

ism

atal

l.It

isa

defe

nce

ofre

ligio

nag

ains

tir

relig

ion,

spec

ifica

llyth

efo

rmof

irre

ligio

nre

pres

ente

dby

mat

eria

list p

hilo

soph

y.W

ithm

uch

rhet

oric

alex

agge

ratio

n,al

-Afg

hani

pres

ents

mat

eria

lism

asa

cons

ciou

sco

nspi

racy

agai

nst

relig

ion.

Mor

ein

tere

stin

gis

the

spec

ific

char

gehe

brin

gsag

ains

tthe

mat

eria

lists

ofpa

stan

dpr

esen

t,th

atth

eir i

deas

caus

elic

ence

,ana

rchy

and

com

mun

ism

.Tha

tis

tosa

y,he

focu

ses

onth

eso

cial

effe

cts

offa

lse

doct

rine

. Mor

ein

tere

stin

gst

illis

his

defe

nce

ofre

ligio

n,w

hich

ispr

aise

dbe

caus

eit

mak

esfo

rvir

tuou

spe

ople

and

soci

alco

hesi

on.

Al-

Afg

hani

deve

lops

this

poin

tatl

engt

h.R

elig

ion

prom

otes

thre

eke

ybe

liefs

(tha

tm

anis

the

nobl

estc

reat

ure;

that

one’

sow

nso

ciet

yis

the

nobl

est;

and

that

ther

eis

anaf

terl

ife)

, and

thre

equ

aliti

esin

peop

lean

dna

tions

(ase

nse

ofsh

ame;

trus

twor

thin

ess;

and

trut

hfiil

ness

).O

nce

thes

ebe

liefs

and

qual

ities

are

esta

blis

hed,

soci

ety

will

flou

rish

;w

itho

utth

em,s

ocie

tyde

clin

es.T

hus

relig

ion

isth

eke

yto

prog

ress

:’Sin

ceit

iskn

own

that

relig

ion

isun

ques

tiona

bly

the

sour

ceof

man

’sw

elfa

re,t

here

fore

,ifi

t isp

lace

don

firm

foun

datio

nsan

d

soun

dba

ses,

that

relig

ion

will

natu

rally

beco

me

the

com

plet

eso

urce

ofto

tal

happ

ines

san

dpe

rfec

ttra

nqui

llity

.Abo

veal

lit w

illbe

the

caus

eof

mat

eria

l

and

mor

alpr

ogre

ss’

(196

8:16

9).

Oth

erre

ligio

nsca

nha

veth

ese

effe

cts,

but

the

best

reli

gion

isIs

lam

.

Aga

in,

al-A

fgha

ni’s

reas

ons

are

inte

rest

ing.

Isla

mis

supe

rior

toot

her

relig

ions

,he

argu

es,b

ecau

seit

isth

em

ostr

atio

nal.

Itha

sno

doct

rine

sth

at

depe

ndon

irra

tion

alfa

ithor

prie

stly

auth

orit

y:

The

Isla

mic

relig

ion

isth

eon

lyre

ligio

nth

atce

nsur

esbe

liefw

itho

ut

proo

fan

dth

efo

llow

ing

ofco

njec

ture

s;re

prov

esbl

ind

subm

issi

on;

seek

sto

show

proo

fof

thin

gsto

itsfo

llow

ers;

ever

ywhe

read

dres

ses

itse

lfto

reas

on;

cons

ider

sal

lha

ppin

ess

the

resu

ltof

wis

dom

and

clea

rsig

hted

ness

;att

ribu

tes

perd

itio

nto

stup

idit

yan

dla

ckof

insi

ght;

and

sets

uppr

oofs

for

each

fund

amen

talb

elie

fin

such

aw

ayth

atit

wil

lbe

usef

ulto

allp

eopl

e(1

968:

172)

.

With

this

ring

ing

decl

arat

ion,

al-A

fgha

niis

nota

band

onin

ghi

scr

itiqu

e

ofco

ntem

pora

ryM

uslim

soci

ety.

He

mee

tsth

eob

viou

sob

ject

ion

thus

:

Ifso

meo

nesa

ys:I

fthe

Isla

mic

relig

ion

isas

you

say,

then

why

are

the

Mus

lims

insu

cha

sad

cond

ition

?Iw

illan

swer

:Whe

nth

eyw

ere

trul

y

Mus

lims,

they

wer

ew

hat

they

wer

ean

dth

ew

orld

bear

sw

itnes

sto

thei

rex

celle

nce.

Asf

orth

epr

esen

t,Iw

illco

nten

tmys

elfw

ithth

isho

ly

text

:‘G

oddo

esno

tch

ange

the

cond

itio

nof

ape

ople

unle

ssth

ey

chan

gew

hati

sin

them

selv

es’

(196

8:l7

3).

2

Two

lines

ofso

cial

anal

ysis

conv

erge

inth

eR

efut

atio

n.T

hefi

rst

isa

soci

olog

yof

soci

alco

hesi

onin

whi

chec

onom

ican

dpo

litic

alw

ell-

bein

g

depe

ndon

the

cultu

ralf

ound

atio

nsof

hum

anac

tion—

cultu

ralf

ound

atio

ns

that

al-A

fgha

nipr

esen

ted

inth

ela

ngua

geof

mor

alit

yan

dre

ligio

n.It

was

entir

ely

cons

iste

ntth

atal

-Afg

hani

inot

her

wri

ting

emph

asis

edim

peri

al

ism

’sth

reat

toIs

lam

,an

dIs

lam

asth

eba

sis

for

resi

stan

ce.

2Q

ur’a

n13

:11;

Iha

veus

eda

mor

em

oder

ntr

ansl

atio

n.

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116

South

ern

theo

ry

The

Ref

utat

ion

was

wri

tten

in18

81w

hen

al-A

fgha

niw

asin

Indi

a,as

acr

itiq

ueof

aco

ntra

stin

gM

usli

mre

spon

seto

conq

uest

,th

eA

liga

rhm

ovem

ent.

Led

bySa

yyid

Ahm

adK

han,

this

tren

dem

phas

ised

the

purs

uit

ofm

oder

nity

,W

este

rn-s

tyle

educ

atio

n,ra

tion

alis

tre

form

ofIs

lam

and

poli

tica

lac

com

odat

ion

wit

hth

eB

riti

sh(M

alik

1980

).A

hmad

Kha

nex

plic

itly

supp

orte

deq

ualit

yfo

r wom

en, w

hich

hesa

was

Isla

mic

prin

cipl

eth

ough

deni

edin

Mus

limpr

actic

e.T

heA

ligar

hm

ovem

ent w

asan

earl

yst

atem

ent

ofa

mod

erni

sing

logi

cla

ter

follo

wed

inm

any

part

sof

the

colo

nise

dw

orld

.To

al-A

fgha

ni,

itre

pres

ente

da

disa

stro

usco

nces

sion

toim

peri

alpo

wer

,sp

ecif

ical

lyun

derm

inin

gIs

lam

.A

l-A

fgha

niw

asa

mod

erni

ser

too,

but

hew

ante

dto

mod

erni

sefr

oma

posi

tion

ofIs

lam

icst

reng

th, n

otw

eakn

ess.

Thi

sw

asex

pres

sed

inhi

sla

ter

life

byco

mm

itm

ent

toa

pan-

Isla

mic

mov

emen

tce

ntre

don

the

Cal

ipha

tein

Ista

nbul

. He

also

bega

nto

see

the

ulam

aas

pote

ntia

lal

lies

ofth

em

ovem

ent t

ost

reng

then

Isla

mic

soci

etie

s.In

1891

, in

the

stru

ggle

agai

nst t

heIr

ania

nQ

ajar

regi

me’

sco

nces

sion

ofa

toba

cco

mon

opol

yto

aB

ritis

hco

mpa

ny, a

l-A

fgha

nim

ade

afa

mou

sap

peal

toth

ele

ader

ofth

eul

ama,

Haj

Mir

zaH

asan

Shir

azi,

tojo

inth

eO

ppos

ition

.In

this

conf

lict,

the

unit

edre

sist

ance

ofse

cula

rm

oder

nise

rs,

ulam

aan

dm

asse

sde

feat

edth

eSh

ahan

dth

eB

ritis

h,an

dcr

eate

da

vita

l pre

cede

ntfo

rfu

ture

polit

ics.

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othe

rke

ylin

eof

thou

ght

conc

erns

ratio

nalit

y.A

l-A

fgha

niw

asth

ein

heri

tor o

f ara

tiona

list t

radi

tion

inIs

lam

icph

iloso

phy

that

had

been

stro

ngin

Iran

.(I

tis

muc

hle

ssw

idel

ykn

own

toW

este

rner

sth

anth

em

ystic

altr

adit

ion

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fism

.)In

his

essa

y‘T

heB

enef

itsof

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soph

y’, a

I-A

fgha

niar

gues

for

the

unit

yof

know

ledg

e,in

voki

ngth

eke

yIs

lam

icth

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lco

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t of t

awhi

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solu

teun

ity

ofG

od. F

orhi

mth

ere

was

nose

para

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lam

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e.M

uslim

inte

llect

uals

had

draw

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reek

, Rom

anan

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rsia

nkn

owle

dge

inth

epa

st,

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msh

ould

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goro

usly

asso

ciat

edw

ithth

epr

ogre

ssof

univ

ersa

l sci

ence

inth

epr

esen

t.H

eth

eref

ore

calle

don

the

ulam

ato

get

wit

hit:

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udy

elec

tric

ity,

stea

mpo

wer

,th

eph

onog

raph

,th

eca

mer

a,‘t

heen

tire

sphe

reof

new

scie

nces

and

inve

ntio

nsan

dfr

esh

crea

tions

’(1

968:

121—

2). A

l-A

fgha

nike

ptab

reas

tof

tech

nolo

gyan

dus

edit

him

self

—fo

rin

stan

ce, p

rom

otin

gne

wsp

aper

sas

ane

wm

eans

for

crea

ting

aM

uslim

publ

icsp

here

.In

part

ofhi

sca

reer

heus

edth

em

ost

trad

itio

nal

ofpo

liti

cal

tech

niqu

es,

aspe

rson

alad

vise

r to

Mus

limm

onar

chs;

inan

othe

r par

t he

purs

ued

ara

dica

l

JIs

lam

an

dW

este

rnd

om

inan

ce

117

tech

niqu

eof

dist

ance

polit

ics,

livin

gin

Eur

ope

and

diss

emin

atin

ghi

sid

eas

acro

ssth

eM

uslim

wor

ldvi

apr

int.

Toal

-Afg

hani

(as,

iron

ical

ly,a

lso

toA

hmad

Kha

nat

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arh)

,Isl

amic

revi

valw

asin

larg

epa

rtan

educ

atio

nalp

robl

em.T

hedi

sint

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ting

effe

cts

ofm

ater

ialis

man

dim

peri

alis

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inhi

sw

orld

wer

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tert

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ed,h

ad

tobe

coun

tere

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good

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atio

n.T

his

requ

ired

mov

ing

away

from

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ster

ilere

peti

tion

typi

calo

frel

igio

ussc

hool

s.K

now

ledg

e,he

argu

edin

the

Ref

utat

ion

and

othe

rte

xts,

was

the

key

toso

cial

wea

lthan

dpr

oduc

tivity

.

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egr

eatq

uest

ion

ofph

iloso

phy

isno

w:‘

Wha

t ist

heca

use

ofth

epo

vert

y,

indi

genc

e,he

lple

ssne

ss,a

nddi

stre

ssof

the

Mus

lims,

and

isth

ere

acu

refo

r

this

impo

rtan

tph

enom

enon

and

grea

tm

isfo

rtun

eor

not?

’(1

968:

120)

,

then

itis

incu

mbe

nton

any

Mus

limw

ithin

telle

ctua

lre

sour

ces

tofo

cus

onth

ispr

oble

man

ddo

som

ethi

ngab

outi

t.

Al-

Afg

hani

’sE

ngli

sh-l

angu

age

biog

raph

ersu

gges

tsth

atth

eso

urce

ofhi

sin

flue

nce

was

his

find

ing

wit

hin

Isla

mth

eba

ses

for

rati

onal

ist

and

mod

erni

sing

thou

ght

(Ked

die

1972

).H

ism

oder

nisi

ngag

enda

was

ther

efor

eno

taut

omat

ical

lyse

enas

anal

ien

intr

oduc

tion

.To

put i

tano

ther

way

,al

-Afg

hani

refu

sed

the

mod

erni

ty/t

radi

tion

alis

mdi

chot

omy

so

fam

iliar

inW

este

rnso

cial

thou

ght.

Tha

tm

akes

his

thou

ght

sign

ific

ant i

na

broa

der

pers

pect

ive

agai

n.A

l

Afg

hani

had,

from

long

expe

rien

ce,

anac

ute

sens

eof

the

glob

alpo

wer

rela

tions

ofhi

ser

a.H

ew

asno

tde

ceiv

edby

the

ideo

logi

cal

cons

truc

tion

ofim

peri

alpo

wer

asa

refl

ectio

nof

cultu

ralw

orth

,the

idea

embe

dded

in

the

nine

teen

thce

ntur

yco

ncep

tof

‘pro

gres

s’(s

eeC

hapt

er1)

.He

saw

the

Bri

tish

stra

ight

forw

ardl

yas

aba

ndof

robb

ers

and

tyra

nts.

But

heal

sosa

wth

eir

pow

eras

havi

ngm

ajor

cult

ural

effe

cts,

and

ther

efor

eas

requ

irin

ga

new

kind

ofre

spon

se,

notj

ust

anim

itat

ion.

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defe

ndan

dpu

rify

the

cultu

reof

the

colo

nise

d,an

dat

the

sam

etim

eac

quir

e

scie

nce,

tech

nolo

gyan

dso

cial

tech

niqu

esfr

omth

eim

peri

alis

ts—

ther

efor

e

toch

ange

the

bala

nce

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obal

pow

erby

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ltur

al/p

olit

ical

rege

nera

tion

with

inth

eco

loni

sed

wor

ld—

was

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diff

icul

tpat

hal

-Afg

hani

thou

ghtw

as

now

nece

ssar

y.

A1-

Afg

hani

’srh

etor

icis

unfa

mili

arto

me,

and

som

eof

his

atti

tude

sar

e

asun

attr

activ

eas

thos

eof

his

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ntem

pora

ries

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Ire

spec

this

dedi

catio

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sev

iden

tcou

rage

and

abov

eal

lhis

crea

tivity

. In

his

life

and

wri

ting

s,on

efi

nds

avi

sion

ofth

ew

orld

that

has

abr

eadt

h,a

leve

lof

insi

ght,

am

oral

forc

ean

da

prac

tical

edge

that

are

rare

inan

yge

nera

tion.

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18S

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men

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Iran

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1964

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l Al-

eA

hmad

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plet

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gove

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ece

nsor

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xtha

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enpu

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hed

outs

ide

Iran

and

the

book

had

beco

me

asy

mbo

lof

Iran

ian

inte

llect

ual

oppo

siti

on. W

hen

itw

asfr

eely

avai

labl

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Iran

, on

the

eve

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ere

volu

tion,

itbe

cam

ea

best

-sel

ler.

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book

was

titl

edG

harb

zade

gi,

am

ade-

upw

ord

that

tran

slat

ors

have

stru

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rend

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lish.

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toxi

catio

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lagu

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ong

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bett

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esta

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and

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idat

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are

amon

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.T

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efer

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ark

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Fars

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have

conn

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ntag

ion

and

ofa

blow

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gde

live

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eA

hmad

cert

ainl

yst

arts

his

text

wit

hth

em

etap

hor

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dise

ase,

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esto

xica

tion

islik

ech

oler

aB

utth

ere

isal

soa

conn

otat

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ofin

fatu

atio

n.I

will

use

‘Gha

rbza

degi

’fo

rth

ebo

okan

d‘W

esto

xica

tion’

for

the

conc

ept.

Gha

rbza

degi

isa

tricl

cybo

okfo

ran

outs

ider

toap

prec

iate

. It i

sw

ritt

enin

apo

pula

rst

yle

spec

ific

ally

forI

rani

anre

ader

s.T

here

are

allu

sion

s,jo

kes

and

satir

ew

hich

wou

ldha

vein

crea

sed

the

book

’slo

cal p

opul

arit

ybu

tdo

not

help

itto

trav

el.

The

text

isal

soha

rdto

follo

wbe

caus

eit

is,t

obe

blun

t,di

sorg

anis

ed.

A1-

eA

hmad

(198

2a)

chat

sto

the

read

er,

excu

ses

him

self

,in

terr

upts

him

self

,thi

nks

ofa

new

topi

can

dda

rts

off a

fter

it,th

enre

peat

shi

mse

lf.

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isop

inio

nate

d,la

ying

abou

t wit

hsc

athi

ngco

mm

ents

onth

esc

hool

s,th

ear

my,

the

ulam

aan

dth

ein

telle

ctua

ls, b

uthe

does

not f

ollo

wth

roug

hve

ryfa

ron

any

argu

men

t.H

isje

ers

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este

rnis

edw

omen

com

ecl

ose

tom

isog

yny.

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isa

vivi

dw

rite

rw

ith

ash

arp

eye

and

ano

tabl

ese

nse

ofhu

mou

r,bu

tis

inno

sens

ea

syst

emat

icth

inke

r.(I

nan

othe

res

say,

Al-

eA

hmad

(198

2b:

98)

mak

esth

issa

me

crit

icis

mof

his

own

gene

rati

onof

Iran

ian

wri

ters

:‘W

e’re

ina

hurr

y.W

ew

rite

too

muc

h.W

e’re

seld

omca

refu

l.’)

Exa

sper

ated

Iran

ian

criti

cspo

int t

oer

rors

offa

ctan

din

terp

reta

tion

inG

harb

zade

gi,

and

even

anou

tsid

erca

nse

eso

me

ofth

em.

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yet,

fora

llits

mes

sine

ss,G

harb

zade

gico

ntai

nsa

pow

erfu

larg

umen

t.In

inte

rnat

iona

lper

spec

tive,

itw

ason

eof

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firs

tatt

empt

sto

diss

ectt

hecu

ltura

ldim

ensi

onof

neoc

olon

ialis

man

dit

laun

ched

idea

sth

atw

ere

late

rto

beco

me

very

fam

iliar

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asal

sono

tabl

ein

sugg

estin

ga

feas

ible

stra

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ofre

sist

ance

tocu

ltur

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min

atio

n.G

harb

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reco

gnis

edas

anim

port

ant

mom

ent

inth

ehi

stor

yof

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Iran

ian

oppo

siti

on.

Ith

ink

itsh

ould

bere

cogn

ised

mor

ew

idel

y.T

hegr

ipof

the

Qaj

arm

onar

chy

had

been

brok

enby

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‘Con

stitu

tiona

lR

evol

utio

n’of

1905

—11

,whi

chin

stal

led

ash

aky

parl

iam

enta

ryre

gim

e.T

his

was

subv

erte

dby

inte

rnal

and

exte

rnal

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es,e

spec

ially

byth

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ritis

h,w

hoha

dbe

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ede

pend

ento

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uiin

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orld

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I.A

peri

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asen

ded

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arm

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keov

er;

wit

hco

vert

Bri

tish

supp

ort,

the

gene

ral

Rez

aK

han

took

pow

eran

din

1925

inst

alle

dhi

mse

lfas

Shah

.R

eza

Shah

purs

ued

am

oder

nisi

ngst

rate

gyba

sed

onth

atof

Kem

al’s

regi

me

inTu

rkey

,cre

atin

ga

secu

lar

stat

ean

dbe

ginn

ing

indu

stri

alis

atio

n.B

uthe

wan

dere

dto

ocl

ose

toth

eG

erm

ans.

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ing

Wor

ldW

arII

,the

Bri

tish

and

Rus

sian

sth

rew

him

out,

givi

ngth

emse

lves

com

plet

eco

ntro

loft

heoi

land

asu

pply

rout

eto

the

Sovi

etU

nion

(Ked

die

1981

).A

fter

the

war

, the

rew

asa

dem

ocra

tic

open

ing,

lead

ing

toth

eel

ectio

nof

the

refo

rmis

tMos

sade

qgo

vern

men

twhi

chtr

ied

topu

rsue

neut

rali

sman

dde

velo

pmen

t,ev

entu

ally

natio

nalis

ing

the

oili

ndus

try.

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str

igge

red

avio

lent

reac

tion

from

the

Wes

tern

pow

ers,

who

back

eda

righ

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ing

coup

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nstM

ossa

deq

in19

53.T

heU

nite

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ates

prom

ptly

repl

aced

the

Bri

tish

asth

em

ain

cont

rolle

rsof

Iran

ian

oila

ndpo

litic

s.By

1955

,the

gove

rnm

ent

was

ape

rson

aldi

ctat

orsh

ipin

the

hand

sof

Moh

amm

edR

eza

Shah

.Thi

sre

gim

ebe

cam

eon

eof

the

mos

tbr

utal

ofth

epr

o-A

mer

ican

Col

dW

ardi

ctat

orsh

ips,

thou

ghit

neve

rqu

ite

mat

ched

the

Suh

arto

regi

me

inIn

done

sia

whi

chw

aded

topo

wer

in19

65th

roug

hth

ebl

ood

ofha

lfa

mill

ion

peop

le.

Moh

amm

edR

eza

Sha

hre

new

edhi

sfa

ther

’spo

licy

ofse

cula

rm

oder

nisa

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-fro

m-a

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ing

oil

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US

aid

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sin

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ahse

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pow

er,

cam

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oma

reli

giou

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y—hi

sfa

ther

and

anol

der

brot

her

wer

em

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rsof

the

ulam

a.H

eth

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ore

had

agr

asp

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idea

san

dpr

acti

ce, y

etm

oved

into

secu

lar

radi

cal

polit

ics.

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ung

man

inth

e19

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hetr

aine

das

ate

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r,an

dbe

cam

ean

activ

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left

-w

ing

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ehpa

rty.

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erle

avin

gT

udeh

inon

eof

itssp

lits

,he

was

asu

ppor

ter

ofM

ossa

deq.

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erth

e19

53co

up,

hele

ftpa

rty

poli

tics

and

conc

entr

ated

onli

tera

ryw

ork.

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was

alre

ady

apr

olif

icw

rite

r,an

dco

ntin

ued

for

the

rest

ofhi

slif

eto

pour

out

shor

tst

orie

s,no

vels

, ess

ays

and

com

men

tary

oncu

lture

,re

ligio

nan

dso

ciet

y(A

l-e

Ahm

ad19

82b)

.G

harb

zade

giop

ens

wit

ha

sket

chof

East

—W

est d

ivis

ions

asa

conf

lict

betw

een

glob

alri

chan

dgl

obal

poor

,an

dm

oves

onth

roug

hse

vera

lch

apte

rson

Isla

mic

, mai

nly

Iran

ian,

hist

ory.

East

—W

est r

ival

ryis

ave

ryol

dst

ory,

Al-

eA

hmad

argu

es, b

utin

the

last

300

year

sit

has

chan

ged

char

acte

r,tu

rnin

gin

toa

rela

tion

ofdo

min

atio

n:‘N

owth

esp

irit

ofco

mpe

titi

onis

forg

otte

n.It’

sno

wbe

enre

plac

edby

afe

elin

gof

help

less

ness

and

depe

nden

ce’

(198

2a:

34).

Al-

eA

hmad

com

men

tsth

atun

der

the

Safa

vid

dyna

sty,

whi

chha

dm

ade

Shi’

iteIs

lam

the

stat

ere

ligio

n,Ir

ania

nsbe

gan

tow

ant

the

appr

oval

ofW

este

rntr

avel

lers

and

dipl

omat

s.T

his

open

sa

maj

orth

eme

ofG

harb

zade

gi,

the

criti

que

ofW

este

rnor

ient

alis

m.

Nea

rly

20ye

ars

befo

reE

dwar

dSa

id’s

fam

ous

book

onth

esu

bjec

t,A

l-e

Ahm

adsa

wW

este

rnre

sear

cher

son

Isla

mic

soci

etie

sas

key

agen

tsof

the

syst

emof

dom

inat

ion.

Com

plic

itw

ithco

rpor

atio

nsan

dgo

vern

men

ts,

the

Ori

enta

list

sga

ther

inte

llige

nce.

But

they

also

prod

uce

cultu

ral e

ffec

ts, a

sthe

irin

terp

reta

tion

sof

Iran

ian

cultu

reov

erri

deth

ein

dige

nous

ones

:‘T

hew

esto

xica

ted

man

even

desc

ribe

s,un

ders

tand

s,an

dex

plai

nshi

mse

lfin

the

lang

uage

ofor

ient

alis

ts!

..

.H

eha

spl

aced

him

self

, an

imag

ined

thin

g,un

der

the

orie

ntal

ist’

sm

icro

scop

e,an

dhe

depe

nds

onw

hat

the

orie

ntal

ist

sees

,no

ton

wha

the

is,

feel

s,

and

expe

rien

ces’

(p.

121)

.Thi

scr

itiq

ueis

diff

eren

tfr

omSa

id’s

,but

ina

way

mor

efr

ight

enin

g:W

este

rnin

tell

ectu

aldo

min

atio

nsu

stai

nsth

e

inau

then

tici

tyof

the

subj

ecti

nne

ocol

onia

lism

.

The

empt

yse

lfin

Iran

ian

mod

erni

tyis

anot

her

ofth

ece

ntra

lthe

mes

ofG

harb

zade

gi.T

hequ

otat

ion

abov

eco

mes

from

the

key

Cha

pter

7,in

whi

chA

l-e

Ahm

adof

fers

acl

ose-

uppo

rtra

itof

‘the

Wes

toxi

cate

dm

an’.

A

man

,lite

rally

,is

mea

nt.W

omen

have

little

plac

ein

the

argu

men

t,an

dat

this

poin

tA

1-e

Ahm

ad’s

acco

unt

ofW

esto

xica

tion

beco

mes

apo

rtra

itof

anal

iena

ted

and

impo

tent

form

ofm

ascu

lini

tyfo

rmed

inne

ocol

onia

l

cond

ition

s:‘a

donk

eyin

alio

n’ss

uit’

.

Thi

spo

rtra

itis

asa

tire,

but a

dist

urbi

ngon

e.T

hene

wm

en,A

l-e

Ahm

ad

indi

cate

s,ha

vea

vene

erof

Wes

tern

educ

atio

nw

itho

utha

ving

itsde

pth;

at

the

sam

eti

me,

they

have

lost

thei

rgr

ound

ing

inlo

cal

cult

ure

and

spec

ific

ally

inre

ligio

n.T

here

sult

isno

tan

anti

-rel

igio

usat

titu

de,

but

sim

ply

alie

natio

n.In

diff

eren

cem

arks

the

who

leou

tloo

kof

the

Wes

toxi

cate

del

ite:

The

usua

lpra

ctic

ein

this

coun

try

isto

conf

erpo

wer

onth

ose

who

are

root

less

and

wit

hout

pers

onal

ity,

ifno

ton

the

ruth

less

and

the

corr

upt.

..If

we’

reto

doa

good

job

offo

llow

ing

the

Wes

t,so

meo

ne

mus

tlea

dth

ena

tion

who

’sea

sily

led,

who

isn’

tgen

uine

,who

’sun

prin

cipl

ed,h

asno

root

s,an

dis

noto

fthe

soil

ofth

isla

nd(1

982a

:11

6).

The

situ

atio

nca

llsfo

rm

enw

hoar

eta

ctfu

l,co

mpl

iant

,fl

exib

le,w

ho

follo

wfa

shio

n,w

hoha

veno

pass

ion,

noco

mm

itm

ent

toot

hers

and

no

dept

hof

know

ledg

e.W

hatt

hey

doha

veis

fear

;des

ire

forW

este

rnm

ater

ial

good

san

da

cons

umer

lifes

tyle

;and

the

attit

ude

that

the

Aus

tral

ian

liter

ary

criti

cPh

illip

s,at

abou

tth

esa

me

time,

calle

dth

e‘c

ultu

ral

crin

ge’

tow

ards

Eur

ope.

As

Al-

eA

hmad

puts

it,th

eW

esto

xica

ted

man

follo

ws

Wes

tern

new

s,re

ads

Wes

tern

liter

atur

e,an

dev

enle

arns

abou

tE

aste

rnph

iloso

phy

from

Wes

tern

book

s.

A1-

eA

hmad

rese

rves

spec

ial

ange

rfo

rm

oder

nisi

ngse

cula

rIr

ania

n

inte

llect

uals

.Atv

ario

uspo

ints

thro

ugh

the

book

,he

criti

cise

sth

emfie

rcel

y

asag

ents

ofW

esto

xica

tion,

muc

has

al-A

fgha

niha

dcr

itici

sed

the

Alig

arh

mov

emen

tas

‘mat

eria

list

sA

1-e

Ahm

adth

inks

nobe

tter

ofth

efl

ocks

of

fore

ign

advi

sers

who

cam

ein

toIr

anun

der

the

Shah

’sre

gim

eto

prom

ote

the

mod

erni

sati

onof

the

econ

omy

and

inst

itut

ions

,esp

ecia

llyth

ose

from

UN

agen

cies

.(H

iscr

itic

ism

ofth

isgr

oup,

whi

chm

ust

have

soun

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ern

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in19

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his

cultu

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ycho

logi

cals

ituat

ion

isce

rtai

nly

are

sult

ofW

este

rnpo

litic

alco

ntro

l,ex

erte

dov

erIr

anbe

caus

eof

the

oil

reso

urce

s;ho

wev

er,

ther

eis

also

som

ethi

ngde

eper

goin

gon

.Am

ong

the

mos

tpow

erfu

lim

ages

ofG

harb

zade

giis

that

ofth

em

achi

ne.

The

Wes

toxi

cate

dso

ciet

yis

dom

inat

edby

mac

hine

ry.

Itis

dom

inat

edin

the

spec

ific

sens

eth

atth

eso

ciet

yis

depe

nden

ton

mac

hine

s—ra

ngin

gfr

omtr

acto

rsan

dca

rsto

tele

visi

onse

ts, r

efin

erie

san

dw

eapo

ns—

butd

oes

not k

now

how

tode

sign

,pr

oduc

eor

even

mai

ntai

nth

em.

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mac

hine

is,f

orA

l-e

Ahm

ad,b

oth

afa

ctan

da

sym

bol.

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fact

,it

reve

als

the

depe

nden

ceof

the

new

Iran

ian

econ

omy

onim

port

s,th

ew

eakn

ess

ofte

chni

cal

educ

atio

nan

dth

edi

srup

tion

ofol

dpr

oduc

tion

syst

ems.

Ina

vivi

dim

age,

hede

scri

bes

trav

elli

ngth

roug

hvi

llage

san

dto

wns

and

seei

nghu

ndre

dsof

still

,di

suse

dw

indm

ills

. Thi

sw

asno

tan

acci

dent

alob

serv

atio

n.A

1-e

Ahm

ad, k

now

nas

aw

rite

rof

soci

al-r

ealis

tsh

ort

stor

ies,

had

spen

tti

me

trav

elli

ngin

toth

eco

untr

ysid

eto

mak

eet

hnog

raph

icob

serv

atio

nsof

villa

gelif

e,an

dha

din

spir

edot

her

urba

nin

telle

ctua

lsto

doth

esa

me

(Mir

sepa

ssi2

000:

104)

. Ass

ymbo

l,th

em

achi

nest

ands

for

out-

of-c

ontr

olch

ange

inIr

ania

nso

ciet

y,an

dfo

rth

ede

sire

ofIr

ania

nsfo

rth

eve

ryth

ings

that

are

disr

upti

ngth

eir

soci

ety.

His

awar

enes

sof

that

desi

redi

stin

guis

hes

Al-

cA

hmad

from

mos

tco

mm

enta

tors

,th

enan

dno

w,o

ngl

obal

cult

ural

dom

inat

ion.

The

desi

reto

ente

rth

egl

obal

lydo

min

ant c

ultu

re,t

opo

sses

sits

arte

fact

s,to

follo

wits

cust

oms

and

tobe

este

emed

byits

emis

sari

es,i

sbot

hpo

wer

fula

ndpr

otea

nin

Iran

ian

soci

ety

Al-

eA

hmad

uses

the

anal

ogy

ofan

amul

etor

talis

man

—‘M

achi

nes

are

talis

man

sfo

rus

wes

toxi

cate

dfo

lk’

(198

2a:

97)—

whi

chth

eow

ner

wea

rsfo

rits

mag

ical

effe

ctiv

enes

sw

itho

utun

ders

tand

ing

how

itw

orks

.A

l-e

Ahm

adne

ver

draw

son

psyc

hoan

alyt

icid

eas,

but

inth

isac

coun

tof

desi

rean

dth

efe

tish

ism

ofpo

sses

sion

she

iscl

ose

toth

eFr

eudi

anle

ftin

the

met

ropo

le.

Gha

rbza

degi

also

cont

ains

mor

eco

nven

tion

alco

mm

enta

ryon

soci

alch

ange

,‘a

soci

ety

indi

sord

er’:

‘It’s

am

ixtu

reof

apa

stor

alec

onom

yan

da

villa

geec

onom

yw

ithth

em

anne

rsof

ane

wly

form

edur

bani

ty, r

uled

bybi

gfo

reig

nec

onom

icin

tere

sts

like

atr

ust o

r aca

rtel

. We’

rea

livin

gm

useu

mof

old

and

new

soci

alin

stit

utio

ns.W

eha

veal

lof t

his

aton

ce’

(l98

2a:

129)

.A

l-e

Ahm

adsk

etch

esch

ange

inth

eliv

esof

nom

adic

past

oral

ists

,vill

age

farm

ers,

rura

l—ur

ban

mig

rant

s,an

dso

on.

At

one

poin

the

also

note

sch

ange

inth

eliv

esof

wom

en.I

na

high

lyam

biva

lent

pass

age,

heap

pear

s

toat

tack

wom

en’s

eman

cipa

tion

aspa

rtof

Wes

toxi

catio

n,pr

oduc

ing

a‘f

eign

edlib

erat

ion’

inth

eci

ties;

but

heal

soar

gues

that

wom

enin

the

villa

ges

have

long

carr

ied

the

‘pri

mar

ybur

den

oflif

e’T

his

isco

ndes

cend

ing,

but

not

asho

stil

eas

Aya

tolla

hK

hom

eini

,who

arri

ved

onth

ena

tion

alpo

litic

alsc

ene

inth

eye

arG

harb

zade

giw

aspu

blis

hed

wit

ha

fier

ce,a

nd

succ

essf

ul,a

ttack

onw

omen

’sri

ghtt

ovo

te.

Giv

enth

eac

cum

ulat

ion

ofcu

ltur

aldi

stor

tion

san

dso

cial

prob

lem

sre

pres

ente

dby

Wes

toxi

catio

n,w

hatc

anbe

done

inre

spon

se?

Al-

eA

hmad

isre

ason

ably

optim

istic

.The

way

tode

alw

itha

mac

hine

civi

lisat

ion

isno

t

tore

ject

mac

hine

s.A

l-c

Ahm

adis

badl

ym

isre

pres

ente

dby

com

men

tato

rsw

hose

ehi

mas

anan

ti-t

echn

olog

y‘n

ativ

ist’

(e.g

.B

orou

jerd

i19

96;

for

a

conv

inci

ngcr

itiqu

e,se

ePa

rtov

i19

98).

The

poin

tis

toge

tcon

trol

ofth

em:

‘Mac

hine

sar

ea

natu

rals

prin

gboa

rdfo

rus

,one

that

we

mus

tuse

tom

ake

the

long

est

poss

ible

leap

.We

mus

tad

opt

mac

hine

s,bu

tw

em

ust

not

rem

ain

slav

esto

them

’(1

982a

:96)

.O

nly

aso

ciet

yth

atm

akes

mac

hine

s,ra

ther

than

alw

ays

impo

rtin

gth

em,

can

cont

rol

thei

rpo

wer

and

use

them

ina

labo

ur-i

nten

sive

,m

ore

appr

opri

ate

agri

cult

ure

that

wou

ldre

duce

impo

rts

and

supp

ort

the

popu

lati

on.

Toha

vea

mac

hine

-pro

duci

ngec

onom

y,ho

wev

er,

wou

ld

requ

ire

aw

orkf

orce

that

did

noty

etex

isti

nIr

an.

SoA

1-e

Ahm

adar

gued

for

mas

sive

chan

ges

ined

ucat

ion,

gett

ing

rid

ofan

irre

leva

ntac

adem

iccu

rric

ulum

and

grea

tly

expa

ndin

gte

chni

cal

educ

atio

n.S

peci

alis

tsw

ere

need

ed—

one

char

acte

rist

icof

Wes

toxi

cati

onw

asth

ela

ckof

real

spec

ialis

ts—

but

spec

ialis

tsw

ith

char

acte

r.A

cult

ural

and

psyc

holo

gica

lre

volu

tion

was

also

requ

ired

.To

Al-

eA

hmad

inth

e19

60s,

such

cult

ural

and

psyc

holo

gica

lch

ange

coul

don

lyco

me

from

relig

ion.

Isla

map

pear

ed,

inhi

ssu

rvey

ofhi

stor

yea

rly

inth

ebo

ok,

asth

eon

lyso

cial

tota

lity

that

had

effe

ctiv

ely

resi

sted

colo

nial

ism

and

Chr

isti

anit

y.T

hink

ing

abou

tIr

ania

nre

sist

ance

inth

epa

st,A

l-c

Ahm

adsa

wth

at‘a

prec

ious

jew

ella

yhi

dden

inth

ehe

arts

ofth

epe

ople

,lik

ea

seed

fora

nyup

risi

ngag

ains

tago

vern

men

tofo

ppre

ssor

san

d

the

corr

upt’

(198

2a:6

1).B

utth

eul

ama,

with

afe

wno

tabl

eex

cept

ions

,had

faile

dto

reco

gnis

eit.

Gha

rbza

degi

pict

ures

the

cler

ics

ofIr

anas

tim

id,

pass

ive,

back

war

dlo

okin

g,pr

eocc

upie

dw

ithth

etr

ivia

ofre

ligio

usri

tual

,stu

ckin

aco

coon

,

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ied

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ra

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eum

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982a

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).In

othe

rw

ritin

g,su

chas

his

fam

ous

shor

tst

ory

‘The

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r’, a

bout

apo

orm

usic

ian

who

sene

win

stru

men

t is

smas

hed

bya

self

-sat

isfi

edze

alot

, A1-

eAhm

ad(1

982b

:58—

62)

had

criti

cise

dfo

rmal

istic

relig

ion.

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ehe

dire

ctly

criti

cise

sth

eul

ama.

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sis

very

like

al-A

fgha

ni’s

criti

cism

s80

year

sea

rlie

r.H

ard

wor

dsar

ew

ritt

enno

tbe

caus

eA

l-c

Ahm

adis

anti

-rel

igio

us,

but

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use,

like

al

Afg

hani

, he

thin

ksth

eul

ama

coul

dac

tdi

ffer

ently

. The

yho

lden

orm

ous

pow

erin

thei

rha

nds,

for

the

mas

sof

the

popu

lati

onke

epth

eir

relig

ious

faith

.T

heul

ama

wer

eth

eon

lysi

gnif

ican

tfo

rce

inIr

anth

atha

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sist

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esto

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refo

reth

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eno

wth

eke

yto

cult

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and

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tica

lre

gene

ratio

n.A

l-c

Ahm

addo

esno

tca

rry

this

argu

men

tfu

rthe

rin

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rbza

degi

, but

itbe

cam

eth

eth

eme

ofhi

sne

xtbo

ok,

onin

telle

ctua

lsan

dpo

litic

s.T

his

book

(not

yett

rans

late

d,so

Ire

lyon

seco

ndar

yac

coun

tssu

chas

Vah

dat

2002

)ex

pand

sth

ecr

itici

smof

Wes

tern

ised

inte

llect

uals

.It

deve

lops

the

idea

that

the

late

nine

teen

than

dtw

enti

eth

cent

urie

sC

Eha

dcr

eate

da

chas

mbe

twee

nse

cula

rm

oder

nise

rsan

dth

ede

fend

ers

ofIs

lam

icla

w,

whi

chno

wha

dto

bebr

idge

d.O

nly

whe

nth

etw

ogr

oups

acte

dto

geth

erdi

dre

alre

form

sw

ith

popu

lar

supp

ort

happ

enin

Iran

ian

hist

ory.

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cA

hmad

thus

poin

ted

toth

eki

ndof

allia

nce

that

actu

ally

mat

eria

lise

da

deca

dela

ter

inth

eru

n-up

toth

ere

volu

tion.

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hedi

dno

tliv

eto

see

it,dy

ing

inhi

sm

id-f

orti

esin

1969

.To

read

Gha

rbza

degi

asa

book

wit

hco

ntin

uing

impo

rtan

cefo

ran

inte

rnat

iona

lau

dien

ceis

tore

adit

agai

nst

the

grai

n.A

l-c

Ahm

adw

asob

viou

sly

wri

ting

for

his

own

tim

ean

dfo

ra

loca

l aud

ienc

ew

hoco

uld

fill

inth

ega

psfo

rth

emse

lves

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hew

hole

book

is,

ina

sens

e,a

sket

ch—

abr

illi

ants

ketc

hto

besu

re.

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argu

men

tis

part

icul

arly

trun

cate

don

the

ques

tion

ofac

tion.

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tis

hard

lysu

rpri

sing

for

wri

ting

prod

uced

unde

rce

nsor

ship

. But

this

does

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scur

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step

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l-c

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men

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eth

esis

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relig

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basi

sfo

rre

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esto

xica

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tis

exac

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epr

oble

mad

dres

sed

byA

liSh

aria

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hoca

me

topr

omin

ence

asA

l-c

Ahm

adpa

ssed

from

the

scen

e.

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efo

ots

tep

sof

mar

tyrs

All

Shar

iati,

ten

year

syo

unge

r,w

asse

vera

l thi

ngs

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cA

hmad

was

not:

asy

stem

atic

thin

ker,

aco

nsci

ous

soci

alsc

ient

ist,

are

ligio

usin

nova

tor

and

a

prea

cher

.S

hari

ati

was

apo

wer

ful

orat

oran

da

poet

,an

dat

tim

esa

hum

ouri

st.

His

use

ofor

alte

achi

ngga

vehi

ma

grea

ter

free

dom

from

cens

orsh

ip—

upto

apo

int,

sinc

ehe

was

arre

sted

seve

ralt

imes

byth

eSh

ah’s

poli

ce,

and

fina

lly

died

inex

ile.

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seem

edto

man

ya

mar

tyr.

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phot

ogra

phw

asca

rrie

dal

ongs

ide

pict

ures

ofA

yato

llah

Kho

mei

niin

the

mas

sde

mon

stra

tion

sth

atle

dto

the

over

thro

wof

the

Shah

in19

79,a

ndit

issa

idth

athi

sid

eas

wer

eat

that

tim

em

ore

wid

ely

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ulat

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dm

ore

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uent

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mei

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own.

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riat

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ared

wit

hA

l-c

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ad,

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for

that

mat

ter

al-A

fgha

ni,

a

fier

ceop

posi

tion

toim

peri

alis

m,

acr

itiq

ueof

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tern

cult

ure

and

econ

omy,

abe

lief

inIs

lam

icre

new

al,a

nda

conv

icti

onth

atth

ero

ots

of

rene

wal

alre

ady

exis

ted

inIs

lam

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utth

ere

was

apr

ofou

nddi

ffer

ence

in

inte

llec

tual

styl

eas

wel

las

poli

tica

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acti

ce.

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nre

adA

l-c

Ahm

ad—

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stin

gfo

rhi

ssp

ecif

icst

yle,

audi

ence

and

cont

ext—

asa

cult

ural

criti

c

ofa

fam

iliar

kind

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cann

otre

adSh

aria

tiin

that

way

.His

text

sre

quir

ea

muc

hgr

eate

ref

fort

for

anou

tsid

erto

gras

p,an

dI

rem

ain

less

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terp

reta

tion

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dhe

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ace

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wri

ting

inco

ntex

t.(I

have

part

icul

arly

reli

edon

the

fine

wor

kof

Abr

aham

ian

1989

;B

ayat

1990

;B

ehda

d19

94;

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nem

a19

98;

and

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04.)

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man

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part

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yco

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t mai

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ript

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ome

revi

sed

byth

e

auth

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me

not.

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rgro

und

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enci

lled

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ts,

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ally

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frac

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have

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tran

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to

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endo

ctor

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cret

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eto

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ele

ft,a

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isun

clea

r

how

muc

hit

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tsSh

aria

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view

sat

all

(Bay

at19

90).

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cert

ain

that

Sha

riat

i’s

idea

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dev

olve

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deca

des

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spo

liti

cal

and

inte

llect

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ctiv

ityIw

illfo

cus

onth

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riod

1968

—72

,whe

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mos

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ctiv

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tern

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vist

mem

ber

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ama

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ted

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ntre

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ern

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lam

and

Wes

tern

do

min

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127

prog

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essi

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asex

plai

ned

inth

eep

igra

phto

this

chap

ter.

Thi

sre

volu

tion

was

grad

uall

yco

rrup

ted,

asth

eM

uslim

sbe

cam

ea

wor

ldpo

wer

and

the

Um

may

idcl

anto

okco

ntro

l and

setu

pa

mon

arch

y.In

the

seco

ndge

nera

tion

afte

rth

ePr

ophe

t’s

deat

h,H

osse

inw

asth

eon

lyre

mai

ning

repr

esen

tati

veof

the

orig

inal

Isla

mic

mov

emen

t,bu

tha

dne

ithe

rpo

wer

nor

reco

gnit

ion.

He

open

lyde

clar

edop

posi

tion

toth

eru

ling

regi

me

and

face

dde

ath,

not

inre

sign

edsu

bmis

sion

toG

od’s

will

but a

san

activ

istg

estu

re. T

hem

essa

gehe

sent

outt

oth

ew

orld

did

inde

edga

lvan

ise

atr

adit

ion

ofre

sist

ance

that

plac

esa

‘mar

kof

canc

ella

tion’

onal

lgo

vern

men

ts.

Sha

riat

iar

gues

that

stru

ggle

agai

nst

oppr

essi

onan

d

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128

South

ern

theo

ryis

lam

and

Wes

tern

do

min

an

ce

129

inju

stic

e—ev

ento

the

deat

h,ev

enag

ains

tov

erw

helm

ing

pow

er—

isin

here

ntin

Isla

m.

Eve

nin

tran

slat

ion,

this

isa

very

mov

ing

text

,an

dits

impa

ctin

the

orig

inal

isno

thar

dto

unde

rsta

nd. I

npl

ace

ofth

efo

ssii

sed

offi

cial

relig

ion

that

al-A

fgha

nian

dA

l-e

Ahm

adha

dde

noun

ced

inth

eir

times

,Sh

aria

tiev

okes

from

the

mos

tor

thod

oxso

urce

s,Q

ur’a

nic

text

san

dfa

mil

iar

trad

ition

s,a

dyna

mic

Isla

mco

mm

itted

toju

stic

ean

dso

cial

tran

sfor

mat

ion.

From

atr

adit

iona

l fig

ure

ofso

rrow

and

defe

at, h

eev

okes

am

odel

ofhe

roic

activ

ism

, giv

ing

deep

relig

ious

sign

ific

ance

toth

esa

crif

ice

mad

eby

youn

gm

ilita

nts

inth

epr

esen

t.Fu

rthe

r,S

hari

ati

find

sin

this

anci

ent

stor

yce

rtai

npa

tter

nsof

soci

alre

lati

ons

that

have

muc

hw

ider

sign

ific

ance

.S

hari

ati

does

not

erec

ta

syst

emof

soci

olog

yon

som

eax

iom

atic

base

ofre

ligi

ous

‘val

ues’

.T

here

lati

onis

muc

hm

ore

inti

mat

e:he

find

sso

ciol

ogic

alpr

inci

ples

inth

ere

ligio

n.W

hile

the

idea

ofre

adin

gth

eQ

ur’a

nas

aso

urce

book

onso

cial

dyna

mic

sm

ight

dist

urb

conv

entio

nal M

uslim

thin

kers

(and

Wes

tern

soci

alsc

ient

ists

too)

,it

seem

edth

em

ost

natu

ral

thin

gin

the

wor

ldto

Shar

iati.

The

pass

age

quot

edin

the

epig

raph

, for

inst

ance

, evo

kes

ade

fini

teth

eory

ofcl

ass

asw

ell a

san

ethi

cof

soci

aleq

ualit

yan

dan

ti-r

acis

m.

Shar

iati’

sth

eory

ofcl

ass,

thou

ghof

ten

calle

dM

arxi

st, i

son

lyth

atin

the

loos

est

sens

e;its

Eur

opea

nan

alog

ues

wou

ldin

clud

eB

akun

in’s

anar

chis

man

dM

osca

’sel

iteth

eory

asw

ell.

Inse

vera

lte

xts,

incl

udin

g‘M

arty

rdom

Shar

iati

evok

esa

stru

ctur

eof

slav

ean

dm

aste

r,ex

ploi

ter

and

expl

oite

d,th

atha

sex

iste

dth

roug

hout

hist

ory

sinc

eth

etr

ansi

tion

from

hunt

er-g

athe

rer

toag

ricu

ltur

also

ciet

y.In

alo

ngch

apte

rof

his

1969

book

Isla

mol

ogy

(his

mos

t im

port

anta

cade

mic

publ

icat

ion,

aco

urse

ofle

ctur

eson

Isla

mic

stud

ies)

,he

uses

the

Mus

lim

vers

ion

ofth

eC

ain-

and-

Abe

lle

gend

todr

amat

ise

the

crea

tion

ofcl

ass

soci

ety:

Cai

nis

not i

nher

ently

evil

..

.W

hat m

akes

Cai

nev

ilis

anan

ti-h

uman

soci

alsy

stem

,a

clas

sso

ciet

y,a

regi

me

ofpr

ivat

eow

ners

hip

that

culti

vate

ssl

aver

yan

dm

aste

ryan

dtu

rns

men

into

wol

ves,

foxe

sor

shee

p.It

isa

sett

ing

whe

reho

stil

ity,

riva

lry,

crue

lty

and

vena

lity

flou

rish

;hu

mil

iati

onan

dlo

rdsh

ip—

the

hung

erof

som

ean

dth

egl

utto

nyof

othe

rs, g

reed

, opu

lenc

ean

dde

cept

ion:

ase

tting

whe

reth

eph

iloso

phy

oflif

eis

foun

ded

onpl

unde

ring

, exp

loita

tion,

ensl

avem

ent,

cons

umin

gan

dab

usin

g,ly

ing

and

flat

teri

ng

...w

here

all

thin

gs

revo

lve

arou

ndeg

oism

and

the

sacr

ific

eof

allt

hing

sto

the

ego,

avi

le,

crud

ean

dav

aric

ious

ego

(Sha

riat

i19

79:

107)

.

Thi

sw

asth

est

ruct

ure

that

the

Pro

phet

face

d,an

dov

erca

me,

inhi

sda

y;

this

was

the

stru

ctur

eth

atth

eU

mm

ayid

sre

stor

ed,a

ndH

osse

inch

alle

nged

.

Thi

sis

also

,Ith

ink,

inte

nded

asa

desc

ript

ion

oflif

ein

the

Shah

’sIr

an.

Inth

efo

llow

ing

chap

ter

ofIs

lam

olog

y,S

hari

ati

offe

rsa

crit

icis

mof

Mar

x’s

theo

ryof

mod

esof

prod

ucti

on,

sugg

estin

gth

atth

eun

derl

ying

stru

cture

ofcl

ass

rela

tion

sre

mai

nsco

nsta

ntth

rough

chan

ges

in

prod

ucti

onre

lati

ons;

and

elab

orat

eshi

sow

nm

odel

ofth

eru

ling

clas

s

cent

red

onfo

rms

ofpo

wer

.An

orig

inal

sing

lepo

wer

has

evol

ved

thro

ugh

hist

ory

into

ath

ree-

part

syst

emof

dom

inat

ion,

wit

ha

poli

tica

l,an

econ

omic

and

are

ligio

usm

anif

esta

tion—

the

stat

e,th

eow

ners

ofpr

oper

ty

and

the

offi

cial

cler

gy.

Aga

inhe

find

sa

Qur

’ani

cba

sis

for

thes

eid

eas

(197

9:11

5).T

hesc

anda

lous

part

ofth

ism

odel

isSh

aria

ti’s

iden

tifi

cati

on

ofth

ecl

ergy

asa

full

com

pone

ntof

the

dom

inan

t cla

ss;t

his

conn

ects

wit

h

his

anal

ysis

ofre

ligio

ushi

stor

y,to

whi

chI

shal

lre

turn

.

Shar

iati

acce

pts

aco

nven

tiona

lM

arxi

stvi

ewof

bour

geoi

sso

ciet

yan

d

indu

stri

alca

pita

lism

asth

eco

ntem

pora

ryfo

rmof

clas

sdo

min

atio

nin

the

Wes

t,bu

the

adds

acr

itiqu

eth

atis

clos

erto

the

Wes

tern

coun

ter-

cult

ure

ofhi

sda

y.In

ale

ctur

egi

ven

inth

eoi

lcity

ofA

bada

n,he

rem

arks

that

‘the

spir

itdo

min

atin

gth

ene

wcu

lture

and

civi

lizat

ion

isbo

urge

ois:

the

spir

it

ofm

oney

-mak

ing,

busi

ness

,pow

er-s

eeki

ng,

tool

-mak

ing,

cons

umpt

ion

and

hedo

nism

’(S

hari

ati

1981

:25

).H

ecr

itic

ises

the

loss

,in

mod

ern

Eur

opea

nhi

stor

y,of

relig

ious

cultu

rean

dof

fund

amen

tald

imen

sion

sof

hum

anna

ture

:lo

ve,i

deal

ism

,val

ues

and

exis

tent

ials

igni

fica

nce.

Lik

em

ost

Thi

rdW

orld

radi

cals

ofhi

sge

nera

tion

,S

hari

ati

sees

neoc

olon

ialis

mas

anex

tens

ion

ofm

etro

poli

tan

capi

talis

m.I

nno

neof

the

text

sI

have

read

,or

read

abou

t,do

esS

hari

ati

disc

uss

the

spec

ific

mec

hani

sms

prod

ucin

gim

peri

alis

mas

asy

stem

ofgl

obal

pow

er.B

uthe

has

alo

t to

say

onth

em

echa

nism

sth

roug

hw

hich

impe

rial

ism

oper

ates

inth

e

colo

nise

dw

orld

.A

sw

ith

al-A

fgha

nian

dA

1-e

Ahm

ad,

the

core

ofhi

s

argu

men

tco

ncer

nscu

ltur

aldo

min

atio

n.

Sinc

eth

eba

sis

ofno

n-ca

pita

list

cult

ures

lies

inth

eir

reli

gion

,th

e

colo

nial

ists

logi

cally

atte

mpt

tode

stro

yor

tone

utra

lise

relig

ion.

Thi

sw

ill

dest

roy

the

cultu

rali

dent

ity

or‘s

elfh

ood’

whi

chpr

ovid

esth

eal

tern

ativ

eto

capi

talis

tsoc

ialr

elat

ions

.Ove

rthe

top

isla

ida

mod

erni

tyin

whi

chW

este

rn

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130

South

ern

theo

ry

styl

esof

thin

king

, bel

iefs

and

even

artis

ticta

stes

are

impo

sed,

and

Wes

tern

-st

yle

cons

umpt

ion

can

bein

trod

uced

.In

this

task

the

impe

rial

ists

have

impo

rtan

tal

lies

wit

hin

the

colo

nise

dso

ciet

y.In

the

long

text

‘Wha

tis

tobe

Done?

base

don

aH

osse

iniy

ehE

rsha

dle

ctur

efr

omhi

sm

ost

mil

itan

tpe

riod

,Sh

aria

tj(1

986a

)id

entif

ies

two

grou

psin

part

icul

ar.

The

firs

tco

mpr

ises

the

Wes

tern

isin

gse

cula

rin

telle

ctua

lsw

ho, i

nth

ena

me

oflib

eral

refo

rm, a

repl

ayin

gth

eco

loni

alis

ts’

gam

eof

cult

ural

disr

upti

on. T

hese

cond

cons

ists

ofth

etr

adit

iona

l cle

rica

lin

telle

ctua

ls, w

hoha

vecl

oser

touc

hw

ithth

em

asse

sbu

t dec

eive

them

with

afo

ssil

ised

reli

gion

that

enco

urag

eson

lypa

ssiv

ity.

The

resu

ltis

aco

ntra

dict

ory

situ

atio

nfo

ryo

uth

inpa

rtic

ular

,w

hich

Sha

riat

isk

etch

essy

mpa

thet

ical

lyin

Isla

mol

ogy_

-bro

ught

upin

touc

hw

ithlo

cal c

ultu

rean

dre

ligio

n,ye

t pro

cess

edth

roug

ha

Wes

tern

educ

atio

nsy

stem

refl

ectin

gid

eas

that

have

nolo

cal r

oots

.A

nin

terp

reta

tion

ofIs

lam

isce

ntra

lto

this

com

plex

ofid

eas.

Al

Afg

hani

’sre

ligio

usvi

ews w

ere

enig

mat

ican

dA

1-e A

hmad

’son

lysu

mm

arily

stat

ed, b

utSh

aria

ti’s

are

out

ina

blaz

eof

sunl

ight

. He

did,

afte

ral

l,te

ach

and

publ

ish

aw

hole

cour

seof

stud

yon

Isla

m, w

rote

abo

okon

his

mys

tical

expe

rien

ces,

and

lost

few

oppo

rtun

itie

sto

disc

uss

relig

ious

ques

tions

. As

Gha

maj

-j-T

abrj

zi(2

004)

puts

it,Sh

aria

ti’s

isa

publ

icre

ligio

n.I d

on’t

clai

mto

unde

rsta

ndth

efu

llsp

ectr

umof

his

relig

ious

thou

ght,

but

the

poin

tscl

oses

t to

soci

alan

alys

isar

ecl

ear

enou

gh.

Of t

hese

, the

mos

t str

ikin

gis

his

view

ofIs

lam

asa

this

-wor

ldly

, soc

ially

enga

ged

relig

ion.

Toqu

ote

one

ofm

any

such

stat

emen

ts, i

n‘W

hat i

sto

beD

one?

’Sh

aria

tide

clar

es:

Isla

mis

are

alis

ticre

ligio

nan

dlo

ves

natu

re, p

ower

, bea

uty,

wea

lth,

affl

uenc

e,pr

ogre

ss,

and

the

fulf

ilm

ent

ofal

lhu

man

need

s.

..

Its

Pro

phet

isa

man

oflif

e,po

litic

s,po

wer

,an

dev

enbe

auty

. Its

book

,m

ore

than

bein

gco

ncer

ned

wit

hm

etap

hysi

csan

dde

ath,

spea

ksab

out

natu

re,

life,

wor

ld,

soci

ety

and

hist

ory.

..It

invi

tes

peop

leto

subm

itth

emse

lves

toG

od,

and

urge

sre

volt

agai

nst

oppr

essi

on,

inju

stic

e,ig

nora

nce

and

ineq

uali

ty.

..It

shi

stor

yha

sbe

enw

ritt

enw

ith

rebe

llio

nan

dst

rugg

leag

ains

tdi

stor

tion

ofre

ality

,as

wel

las

agai

nst o

ppre

ssio

nof

the

mas

ses

(Sha

riat

i1 9

86a:

43—

44).

Thi

sis

apo

siti

onS

hari

ati

may

not

alw

ays

have

held

—in

his

Sufi

infl

uenc

edpe

riod

sof

mys

ticis

mhe

seem

sto

have

prac

tise

da

relig

ion

of

Isla

man

dW

este

rnd

om

inan

ce

131

wit

hdra

wal

—bu

tin

the

text

sof

1968

—72

thes

eid

eas

are

put

forw

ard

pow

erfu

lly.

The

yar

epl

ainl

ydi

rect

edag

ains

tth

eIs

lam

ofri

tual

and

resi

gnat

ion

whi

chSh

aria

tisa

was

the

mai

nco

nten

t of

orth

odox

Shi’

ism

.

Inth

iscr

itiqu

eof

back

war

d-lo

okin

gre

ligio

n,Sh

aria

tiw

asno

talo

ne. A

sim

ilar

idea

ofra

dica

lIsl

amw

asde

velo

ped

byth

eea

rly

Moj

ahed

inin

the

year

sbe

fore

thei

rar

med

stru

ggle

agai

nst

the

Shah

bega

n(A

brah

amia

n

1989

).T

here

isev

ensi

gnif

ican

tove

rlap

with

the

idea

ofan

activ

ist r

elig

ion

held

byA

yato

llah

Kho

mei

ni, t

houg

hhe

and

the

Moj

ahed

inla

ter

beca

me

bitte

r ene

mie

s(V

ahda

t 200

2:15

3ff)

. Sha

riat

idev

elop

sth

eid

eain

dist

inct

ive

way

s.S

hari

ati

insi

sts

that

Isla

mis

not

just

soci

ally

invo

lved

,bu

tis

spec

ific

ally

are

volu

tiona

ryre

ligio

n,co

mm

itte

dfr

omth

est

art

toso

cial

equa

lity,

and

com

mit

ted

agai

nst

pow

erst

ruct

ures

ofal

lki

nds.

He

find

s

Qur

’ani

cte

xts

tosu

ppor

tth

is.

He

dedu

ces

itfr

omIs

lam

icth

eolo

gica

l

prin

cipl

es, s

peci

fica

llyta

whi

d,th

eab

solu

teun

ity

ofG

od,w

hich

has

asits

coro

llary

the

unit

yan

dth

eref

ore

equa

lity

ofhu

man

kind

.

Thi

spr

inci

ple

ofeq

ualit

yex

tend

sto

wom

en. S

hari

ati

argu

es, i

nm

any

plac

esan

dci

ting

Qur

’ani

cte

xts,

that

wom

enan

dm

enar

ecr

eate

dw

ithth

e

sam

ena

ture

,an

dha

veth

esa

me

enti

tlem

ent

tore

spec

t.H

eis

shar

ply

criti

cal o

fthe

veil,

whi

chhe

rega

rds

asa

dero

gato

ryno

n-Is

lam

ictr

adit

ion,

and

also

ofth

ese

clus

ion

ofw

omen

.H

ede

fend

sw

omen

’sed

ucat

ion

and

polit

ical

part

icip

atio

n—th

epr

esen

ceof

wom

enat

his

Hos

sein

iyeh

Ers

had

lect

ures

was

one

ofth

etr

aditi

onal

ists

’ com

plai

nts

agai

nst h

im.N

ever

thel

ess,

ina

1971

lect

ure

onth

elif

eof

Fatim

a,da

ught

erof

the

Pro

phet

and

mot

her

ofH

osse

in, h

eho

lds

upan

Isla

mic

idea

l of w

oman

hood

whi

chis

still

base

d

onw

omen

’sse

rvic

esto

men

inth

efa

mily

. He

defe

nded

wom

en’s

educ

atio

n

beca

use

itw

ould

mak

eth

embe

tter

mot

hers

;an

d,lik

ehi

sco

nser

vativ

e

oppo

nent

s,he

seem

sto

have

been

afra

idof

wom

en’s

inde

pend

ents

exua

lity

(Fer

dow

s19

83).

As

wit

hso

man

yra

dica

lm

enof

his

gene

rati

onar

ound

the

wor

ld,t

hera

dica

lism

beca

me

ambi

guou

sin

the

real

mof

gend

er.

Inot

herr

espe

cts,

Shar

iati

sees

atr

adit

ion

ofst

rugg

leag

ains

tdom

inat

ion

asth

eco

reof

reli

giou

shi

stor

y,at

leas

tin

the

‘Abr

aham

ic’

prop

heti

c

relig

ions

:Is

lam

,C

hris

tian

ity

and

Juda

ism

. Thi

sco

nnec

tsto

his

mod

elof

clas

s:ov

erag

ains

tth

est

ruct

ure

ofpo

wer

,th

ere

isa

mas

sup

onw

hom

pow

eris

exer

cise

d.It

isin

the

relig

ious

doct

rine

that

apo

sitiv

em

eani

ng

for

this

mas

sis

foun

d.In

Isla

mol

ogy,

Shar

iati

(197

9:11

6ff)

disc

usse

sth

e

Qur

’ani

cco

ncep

tof

al-n

as,

the

peop

le,

who

mhe

trea

tsvi

rtua

lly

as

the

pres

ence

ofG

odon

eart

h,an

dth

eco

ncep

tof

umm

a,th

eIs

lam

ic

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132

South

ern

theo

ry

com

mun

ity, w

hich

hede

scri

bes

asa

soci

ety

inm

oti

on

tow

ards

aco

mm

ongo

al.

Ido

n’t

thin

kth

ere

isco

mpl

ete

cons

iste

ncy

amon

ghi

sle

ctur

es, b

utth

ere

isno

doub

t of h

isge

nera

l int

enti

onto

valo

rise

the

mas

sof

the

peop

leas

the

cent

ral

conc

ern

ofbo

thtr

uere

ligio

nan

dso

cial

refo

rm.

Itis

the

ulam

a’s

mis

use

ofth

eir

cont

act w

ithth

em

asse

sth

atis

the

basi

sof

Shar

iati’

san

ger

agai

nst t

hem

. Lik

eA

l-e

Ahm

ad,

hese

esth

ecr

eatio

nof

offi

cial

Shi’

ism

unde

rth

eSa

favi

ddy

nast

yas

are

ligi

ous

disa

ster

;bu

tSh

aria

tifu

rthe

rse

esth

eal

ignm

ent o

f cle

rgy

and

stat

epo

wer

asa

recu

rren

tpa

tter

nin

relig

ious

hist

ory,

foun

din

earl

yIs

lam

, in

med

iaev

alC

hris

tiani

tyan

del

sew

here

.H

egi

ves

this

patt

ern

ash

arp

theo

logi

cal

inte

rpre

tati

on:

revo

luti

onar

yre

ligio

nis

mon

othe

isti

c;or

thod

oxst

ate-

alig

ned

relig

ion

ispo

lyth

eist

ican

dps

eudo

-Isl

amic

.T

hest

rugg

leag

ains

t the

wor

ship

offa

lse

gods

isa

cent

ral t

hem

ein

the

Qur

’an,

asit

isin

the

Bib

le. S

hari

ati i

she

rede

fini

ngor

thod

oxSh

i’is

mas

afr

aud

that

subs

titu

tes

for

Isla

m.

No

won

der

his

cler

ical

oppo

nent

sw

ere

upse

t.S

hari

ati

was

subj

ect,

duri

nghi

slif

ean

daf

ter

his

deat

h,to

very

host

ileat

tack

sfr

omco

nser

vativ

ecl

eric

san

dth

eir

supp

orte

rs.

The

rew

asal

som

ore

mea

sure

dcr

itic

ism

from

Isla

mic

scho

lars

,w

hopo

inte

dto

Shar

iati’

sla

ckof

trai

ning

inIs

lam

icju

risp

rude

nce,

his

inac

cura

teus

eof

Isla

mic

hist

ory,

and

theo

logi

cal p

robl

ems

inhi

spo

siti

ons

onre

ason

and

prop

heth

ood.

As

his

infl

uenc

esp

read

,so

me

ofth

eA

yato

llahs

took

the

seri

ous

form

alst

epof

issu

ing

advi

ceto

the

faith

ful

(fat

was

)no

tto

goto

his

lect

ures

nor

read

his

book

s(R

ahne

ma

1998

: 206

—9,

266—

76).

Yet

Shar

iati’

sar

gum

ent

onpo

lyth

eism

isno

tso

muc

hse

ctar

ian

asso

ciol

ogic

al. A

clas

sso

ciet

ypr

oduc

esal

iena

tion

that

take

sa

relig

ious

form

.In

ale

ctur

ede

liver

edon

the

road

inA

bada

n,Sh

aria

tiar

gues

that

aso

ciet

yba

sed

onso

cial

divi

sion

gene

rate

sin

the

expe

rien

ceof

itsm

embe

rsa

relig

ion

with

mul

tipl

edi

vini

ties,

whi

chin

turn

prov

ides

aju

stif

icat

ion

for

the

divi

ded

soci

alor

der:

Itis

the

eart

h’s

pict

ure

refl

ecte

dup

onth

esk

y,th

atis

, the

rulin

gcl

ergy

byju

stif

ying

the

poly

thei

stic

-lik

em

onot

heis

mju

stif

ies

the

chan

gefr

omra

cial

clas

sm

onot

heis

mto

raci

alcl

ass

poly

thei

sm.

..W

hen

man

’sin

trin

sic

unit

yis

chan

ged

tom

an’s

inhe

rent

plur

ality

,G

od’s

intr

insi

cun

ity

wil

lal

soch

ange

toin

here

ntpl

ural

ity

whi

chis

poly

thei

stic

orde

r(S

hari

ati

1981

: 21)

.

Isla

man

dW

este

rnd

om

inan

ce

133

Inan

othe

rve

rsio

nof

the

argu

men

t,at

the

Hos

sein

iyeh

Ers

had:

‘The

peop

lear

eha

bitu

ated

toa

life

ofin

fatu

atio

nw

ithth

eid

eaof

the

here

afte

r,

whi

lefo

rget

ting

thei

row

npr

esen

tco

ndit

ion

asw

ell

asth

atof

thei

r

enem

ies.

Isla

mis

turn

edin

toa

tool

byw

hich

Mus

lims

are

dist

ract

edfr

om

thei

rfa

te’

(Sha

riat

i19

86a:

39—

40).

Inm

akin

gsu

char

gum

ents

,Sh

aria

tiis

blun

tly

cont

estin

gth

eul

ama’

s

mon

opol

yof

relig

ious

know

ledg

e.It

isno

tsu

rpri

sing

that

heso

met

imes

appe

als

toth

em

odel

ofth

epr

otes

tant

refo

rmat

ion

inE

urop

e,an

dto

the

prec

eden

t ofM

oham

med

Abd

uh, a

nE

gypt

ian

follo

wer

ofal

-Afg

hani

who

very

infl

uent

ially

prom

oted

are

turn

topo

pula

run

ders

tand

ing

ofth

ete

xt

ofth

eQ

ur’a

nits

elf.

Sha

riat

iis

also

taki

nga

stro

ngpo

siti

onon

the

ques

tion

ofijt

ihad

,

judg

men

t or

inte

rpre

tati

on. W

heth

erth

e‘d

oor

ofijt

ihad

’ is

now

clos

ed—

that

is,w

heth

erth

em

ain

doct

rine

sof

faith

and

juri

spru

denc

eha

vebe

en

settl

ed—

isa

vexe

dqu

esti

onam

ong

scho

ols

ofIs

lam

icth

ough

t.Sh

i’ite

trad

itio

nha

sge

nera

llym

aint

aine

dth

edo

oris

still

open

,but

the

proc

edur

e

isre

stri

cted

(Col

e19

83).

Shar

iati

ifin

gsth

edo

orop

enas

wid

eas

itca

ngo

.

Ina

rem

arka

ble

docu

men

t of

1971

that

spel

lsou

this

plan

forH

osse

iney

eh

Ers

had

asan

inte

rnat

iona

lre

sear

chce

ntre

,S

hari

ati

trea

tsij

tiha

das

a

prin

cipl

eof

free

dom

ofth

ough

tan

dsc

ient

ific

adve

ntur

ousn

ess,

asw

ella

s

Isla

mic

rene

wal

.On

this

basi

she

proj

ects

ane

win

telle

ctua

l era

:

Ane

wbr

eed

ofM

uslim

scie

ntis

tsw

illta

keov

er, w

hofe

elIs

lam

inth

eir

hear

tsan

dm

inds

, who

have

scie

ntif

icfa

mili

arity

with

Isla

mic

cultu

re,

civi

lizat

ion,

and

scho

ols

ofth

ough

t,w

hokn

owsc

ient

ific

rese

arch

met

hodo

logy

,kn

owth

epr

ogre

ssof

scie

nces

inth

eco

ntem

pora

ry

wor

ld,a

ndin

shor

t,kn

owbo

thcu

lture

s(1

986a

:11

4).

Ass

umin

gSh

aria

tisa

whi

mse

lfas

one

ofth

e‘n

ewbre

edw

em

ayin

fer

that

tokn

owbo

thcu

ltur

esm

eans

not

tokn

owth

emse

para

tely

, but

to

deve

lop

anal

yses

that

oper

ate

orga

nica

llyin

both

. Sha

riat

isou

ghta

unif

ied

herm

eneu

tic, a

ndw

esh

ould

read

his

repe

ated

invo

catio

nof

Qur

’ani

cte

xts

and

Isla

mic

trad

itio

nsin

this

light

.H

ere

Shar

iati

coul

ddr

awon

aSh

i’ite

trad

itio

nab

out t

hein

fini

teri

chne

ssof

the

divi

nem

essa

ge:‘

unde

rsta

ndin

g

the

mul

ti-d

imen

sion

alla

ngua

geof

the

Qur

’an

and

disc

over

ing

the

inne

r

mea

ning

ofth

eQ

ur’a

nw

hich

,lik

ena

ture

,ha

sdi

ffer

ent

aspe

cts

whe

n

look

edup

onfr

omdi

ffer

ent

angl

es’

(198

6a:

110)

. He

was

not

just

givi

ng

relig

ious

illu

stra

tion

sof

cont

empo

rary

argu

men

ts,b

uttr

ying

todi

scov

er

r I

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134

South

ern

theo

ry

com

mon

stru

ctur

esin

the

two

dom

ains

,an

dth

eref

ore

find

valid

con

tem

pora

rym

eani

ngs

inan

cien

tte

xts

and

stor

ies.

Hen

ce, f

orin

stan

ce, h

isce

lebr

atio

nof

Abu

Zar

r,a

com

pani

onof

the

Pro

phet

, who

sebi

ogra

phy

Shar

iati

had

tran

slat

edas

ayo

ung

man

, and

who

mhe

cont

inue

dto

find

ash

inin

gm

odel

ofIs

lam

iceg

alita

rian

ism

.W

eal

soha

veto

unde

rsta

ndS

hari

ati’

sar

gum

ents

inte

rms

ofth

eco

nflic

tsin

whi

chhe

was

enga

ged.

In19

68—

72,

Sha

riat

iw

asde

fend

ing

Isla

mag

ains

t the

risi

ngtid

eof

athe

istic

Mar

xism

amon

gth

eyo

ung;

hew

asde

fend

ing

activ

ist

Isla

man

dre

volu

tion

agai

nst

the

cons

erva

tism

ofth

eul

an2a

;he

was

defe

ndin

gso

cial

ism

and

equa

lity

agai

nst

capi

tali

stde

velo

pmen

t;he

was

defe

ndin

gal

l of t

hese

agai

nst t

heSh

ah’s

dict

ator

ship

;an

dhe

was

defe

ndin

gth

eT

hird

Wor

ldag

ains

t Wes

tern

impe

rial

ism

and

cultu

ral

cont

rol.

Muc

hof

his

wri

ting,

ther

efor

e,is

emba

ttled

, and

itis

hard

lysu

rpri

sing

that

ago

odde

alof

his

conc

eptu

alis

atio

nis

sket

chy.

The

urge

ncy

inhi

ste

xts

ispa

lpab

le. H

ew

asliv

ing

ina

turb

ulen

t soc

iety

; som

eof

his

stud

ents

wer

ebe

com

ing

invo

lved

inan

arm

edup

risi

ng;

and

hew

asliv

ing

ona

knif

e-ed

geof

tole

ranc

efr

oma

viol

ent

regi

me-

_whi

chsi

lenc

edhi

svo

ice

soon

enou

gh. N

oton

lyth

eju

stif

icat

ion

ofch

ange

, but

also

the

stra

tegy

ofch

ange

, was

ace

ntra

l pro

blem

inhi

sth

ough

t.H

ere,

acco

rdin

gto

his

biog

raph

er, t

here

are

two

Shar

iatis

—.o

r per

haps

one

Sha

riat

iw

hose

judg

men

tab

out

the

hist

oric

alm

omen

tch

ange

ddr

amat

ical

ly. A

tth

eti

me

hew

rote

Isla

mol

ogy,

hebe

lieve

dth

atth

ere

was

still

ava

stta

skof

cult

ural

prep

arat

ion

for s

ocia

l cha

nge

tobe

done

. The

reha

dto

bea

criti

cal a

ppro

pria

tion

ofW

este

rncu

lture

whi

leIs

lam

urge

ntly

need

edre

new

alfr

omits

own

reso

urce

s.T

his

wor

kha

dto

bedo

nein

all

coun

trie

sdo

min

ated

byim

peri

alis

m.

Ifdo

min

atio

nw

orke

dby

cult

ural

cont

rol,

then

resi

stan

cem

ust

invo

lve

cult

ural

cont

esta

tjon

and

the

redi

scov

ery

oflo

cal

iden

tity

orse

lfho

od,

cont

esti

ngth

e‘f

utili

ty’

that

resu

lted

from

the

impo

siti

onof

bour

geoi

scu

lture

. It w

asth

isdi

men

sion

hece

lebr

ated

inth

epo

litic

sof

othe

rT

hird

Wor

ldin

telle

ctua

ls, f

rom

Fano

nan

dK

enya

ttato

Gan

dhi a

ndT

agor

e—an

din

the

Isla

mic

wor

ld, a

l-A

fgha

nian

dA

bduh

.T

heam

biti

ous

scop

eof

Isla

mol

ogy,

and

the

vast

agen

daof

rese

arch

and

popu

lar

educ

atio

nth

atSh

aria

tipl

anne

dfo

rth

eH

osse

iney

ehE

rsha

d,sh

owth

esc

ale

ofth

ista

skof

reco

very

and

crea

tive

deve

lopm

ent.

But

byth

eti

me

Shar

iati

wro

teth

ela

tter

docu

men

t,th

ear

med

stru

ggle

had

begu

nan

da

polit

ical

cris

isw

asbu

ildin

g.It

seem

she

beca

me

pers

uade

d

that

are

volu

tion

ary

situ

atio

nha

dap

pear

ed, a

ndhi

sle

ctur

esin

1972

are

virt

ually

inci

tem

ents

toin

surr

ecti

on.

He

was

out

byon

lya

few

year

s.H

e

bega

nto

see

the

Shi’

iteco

mm

unit

yas

ava

stso

cial

mov

emen

the

adin

g

tow

ards

the

over

thro

wof

the

regi

me

and

the

crea

tion

ofa

new

orde

r,a

revo

lutio

nary

part

yin

itsow

nri

ght.

The

task

ofbu

ildi

nga

tran

sfor

mat

ive

cultu

rew

asde

fine

dby

Shar

iati

asth

eta

skof

crea

ting

an‘i

deol

ogy

His

conc

ept o

fide

olog

yis

very

diff

eren

t

from

the

Mar

xist

:it

iscl

oser

toM

annh

eini

’sco

ncep

t of‘

utop

ia’

Itm

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orld

.As

Shar

iati

put

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eon

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logy

: ‘Ea

chid

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the

stat

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grou

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136

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ym

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tle

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mov

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clos

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ntat

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1981

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sand

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ted

asan

orth

odox

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omis

t,w

orki

ngas

anac

adem

ic

and

sim

ulta

neou

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asa

publ

icse

rvan

tin

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nos

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es.

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erth

e

cons

erva

tive

regi

me

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e19

30s,

hebe

cam

ege

nera

lm

anag

erof

the

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tral

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kof

Arg

entin

a,un

tilh

ew

assa

cked

afte

ra

coup

in19

43.O

ver

the

next

few

year

s,he

deve

lope

da

criti

que

both

ofor

thod

oxec

onom

ics,

obse

ssed

wit

heq

uili

bria

,an

dof

Key

nes,

who

mhe

saw

asin

suff

icie

ntly

real

istic

.Pre

bisc

hw

asco

ncer

ned

with

the

dyna

mis

mof

econ

omic

syst

ems,

oper

atin

gth

roug

hec

onom

iccy

cles

,and

incr

easi

ngly

wit

hth

edi

ffer

ence

s

betw

een

the

econ

omie

sth

atw

ere

‘cyc

lical

cent

res’

and

the

econ

omie

sof

the

peri

pher

y.H

isaw

aren

ess

ofal

tern

ativ

est

rate

gies

was

also

shap

edby

the

prac

tica

lex

peri

ence

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ose

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inA

mer

ican

coun

trie

sth

atha

d

resp

onde

dto

the

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ress

ion

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e19

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the

trad

ecr

isis

inW

orld

War

IIby

incr

easi

nglo

cal

man

ufac

ture

s(L

ove

1986

;D

osm

an20

01;

Mal

lorq

uIfl

2006

).W

ith

this

back

grou

nd,

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bisc

hw

rote

ast

rong

text

whi

chca

used

som

ethi

ngof

ase

nsat

ion

atth

eC

EPA

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nfer

ence

inH

avan

ain

1949

.

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ing

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mp

dow

nan

yre

acti

on,U

Nof

fici

als

sepa

rate

dit

from

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2S

outh

ern

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ry

offi

cial

surv

eyan

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hed

itas

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divi

dual

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lled

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nom

icD

evel

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ent o

f Lat

inA

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ica

and

itsPr

inci

pal P

robl

ems.

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tact

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ckfi

red

spec

tacu

larl

y.Pr

ebis

ch’s

pers

onal

fam

ero

cket

edan

dth

ees

say

was

haile

das

ake

yst

atem

ento

f str

ateg

yfo

rde

velo

ping

coun

trie

s.By

the

end

of19

50,h

eha

dbe

enap

poin

ted

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utiv

ese

cret

ary

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EPA

L,ba

sed

inSa

ntia

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le. H

ere

hew

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leto

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gto

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er, o

na

perm

anen

tbas

is,a

tale

nted

grou

pof

econ

omic

and

soci

alre

sear

cher

s—w

hatw

em

ight

now

call

athi

nk-

tank

for

deve

lopm

ents

trat

egy

(Dos

man

2001

; Toy

ean

dTo

ye20

04).

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isch

’sin

tere

stin

such

ast

rate

gyfl

owed

from

his

conv

icti

onth

atac

tion

was

beco

min

gur

gent

,and

lais

sez-

fair

eec

onom

ics

coul

dno

tpro

duce

aso

luti

on.

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the

next

two

deca

des,

CE

PAL

stro

ngly

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cate

dth

est

rate

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‘im

port

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titu

tion

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stri

alis

atio

nto

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cede

pend

ence

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port

edm

anuf

actu

res

and

todi

vers

ify

expo

rts.

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ther

due

toth

isad

voca

cyor

not,

the

poli

cyw

asw

idel

yad

opte

din

Lat

inA

mer

ica

(and

som

eot

her

part

sof

the

peri

pher

y,in

clud

ing

Aus

tral

ia)

from

the

1940

sto

the

1970

s.B

yan

dla

rge,

the

stra

tegy

wor

ked,

prod

ucin

ghi

gher

grow

thra

tes

and

prod

ucti

vity

—th

ough

ital

sofa

ced

prob

lem

sof

infl

atio

nan

den

coun

tere

dlim

itsto

indu

stri

alis

atio

n(K

ay19

89; V

ellin

ga20

02).

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the

earl

y19

60s,

the

Col

dW

arco

nfro

ntat

ion

betw

een

the

Uni

ted

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esan

dth

eSo

viet

Uni

onha

dea

sed

alit

tle,

and

the

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

beca

me

the

scen

eof

ane

wco

nfig

urat

ion

ofin

tern

atio

nalp

oliti

cs. C

ount

ries

ofth

egl

obal

Sou

thbe

gan

tose

eth

emse

lves

asha

ving

com

mon

inte

rest

sw

hich

wer

ebl

ocke

dby

the

pow

erof

the

glob

alN

orth

—in

man

yca

ses,

thei

rfo

rmer

colo

nial

mas

ters

—an

dbe

gan

topr

ess

for

econ

omic

conc

essi

ons.

Thi

sca

me

toa

head

atth

efi

rstU

NC

onfe

renc

eon

Tra

dean

dD

evel

opm

ent

(UN

CT

AD

)in

1964

,w

hose

agen

daw

asdo

min

ated

bya

grou

pof

77de

velo

ping

coun

trie

s,th

eG

77.

Raü

lPr

ebis

chw

asap

poin

ted

secr

etar

y-ge

nera

lof

the

conf

eren

ce,

and

his

open

ing

repo

rt,

Tow

ards

aN

ewT

rade

Polic

yfo

rD

evel

opm

ent—

wri

tten

afte

rex

tens

ive

cons

ulta

tion

sin

Eur

ope,

Asi

aan

dth

ePa

cifi

c—w

asa

pow

erfu

lsta

tem

ent o

fthe

deve

lopi

ngco

untr

ies’

case

for

trad

ere

form

.A

fter

revi

ewin

gth

ehi

stor

yof

the

inte

rnat

iona

leco

nom

y,it

look

edat

the

prob

lem

sof

deve

lopm

ent,

patt

erns

oftr

ade

and

the

role

ofde

velo

ped

coun

trie

s.It

ende

dw

ith

apl

eafo

rm

utua

lai

d:‘T

hese

page

sar

eth

eref

ore

anac

tof

faith

’(P

rebi

sch

1964

:12

3)—

esse

ntia

lly,f

aith

inin

tern

atio

nal

coop

erat

ion.

Inth

eaf

term

ath

ofth

eco

nfer

ence

,w

ith

pres

sure

from

the

G77

,U

NC

TA

Dw

asm

ade

ape

rman

ent

agen

cyof

the

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

and

Dep

en

den

cy

.auto

nom

yan

dcu

lture

143

Preb

isch

was

mad

eits

secr

etar

y-ge

nera

l.H

eno

wha

da

glob

alau

dien

cean

da

mea

nsof

actio

n,as

hetr

ied

tom

ake

UN

CT

AD

anef

fect

ive

foru

mfo

rtr

ade

nego

tiat

ions

and

inte

rnat

iona

ldev

elop

men

tpol

icie

sth

atw

ould

actu

ally

shif

tres

ourc

esto

war

dsth

eSo

uth.

Not

muc

hin

tern

atio

nal

coop

erat

ion

was

fort

hcom

ing.

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isch

’sag

enda

met

heav

yre

sist

ance

from

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rich

coun

trie

sle

dby

the

Uni

ted

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es.T

heG

77be

gan

tobr

eak

apar

t,an

dN

orth

—So

uth

tens

ions

rose

.P

rebi

sch,

trav

elli

ngen

dles

sly,

stru

ggle

dw

ith

litt

lesu

cces

sto

get

inte

rnat

iona

lco

mm

odit

yag

reem

ents

,or

anin

tern

atio

nal

fina

ncia

lsy

stem

tosu

ppor

tde

velo

ping

coun

trie

s.H

eha

da

maj

orsu

cces

son

one

poin

t,ge

ttin

gag

reem

ent

onta

riff

pref

eren

cefo

rth

ein

dust

rial

expo

rts

ofde

velo

ping

coun

trie

s—a

key

com

plem

ent

toth

eC

EPA

Lin

dust

rial

-dev

elop

men

tst

rate

gy(T

oye

and

Toy

e20

04;

Pol

lock

etal

.20

06).

In19

68,a

fter

seei

ngU

NC

TA

Dth

roug

hits

seco

ndge

nera

lcon

fere

nce,

Preb

isch

retir

ed—

hew

asov

erlo

aded

and

ill,a

ndhi

sm

arri

age

was

show

ing

the

stra

in—

and

retu

rned

toa

Lat

inA

mer

ican

base

and

toth

eore

tical

wor

k.Fo

rso

me

year

s,ne

vert

hele

ss,

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bisc

hha

dbe

enth

efo

cus

ofth

efi

rst

cohe

rent

,wor

ld-l

evel

arti

cula

tion

ofec

onom

icid

eas

and

soci

oeco

nom

icst

rate

gies

from

the

view

poin

tof

the

glob

alSo

uth.

The

rear

efe

wso

cial

scie

ntis

tsw

hoha

veev

erpl

ayed

sopi

vota

laro

le.

The

Eco

nom

icD

evel

opm

ento

fLat

inA

mer

ica

and

itsP

rinc

ipal

Prob

lem

s

isas

muc

han

inte

llec

tual

agen

daas

apo

licy

pres

crip

tion

.(T

here

isa

stor

yth

atth

ew

hole

thin

gw

asw

ritt

enin

thre

eda

ysan

dth

ree

nigh

ts.)

Indust

rial

isat

ion

was

alre

ady

happ

enin

gin

som

eL

atin

Am

eric

anco

untr

ies;

Preb

isch

prov

ided

ath

eore

tica

ljus

tifi

cati

onfo

rit,

and

show

edho

wth

epr

oces

sco

uld

besu

stai

ned.

The

cruc

ial

poin

tw

asth

at‘t

hera

isin

gof

the

stan

dard

ofliv

ing

ofth

em

asse

s’—

whi

chre

mai

ned

the

ulti

mat

ego

alin

allP

rebi

sch’

sw

ork—

coul

dno

tbe

achi

eved

byth

egr

owth

ofag

ricu

ltur

eal

one.

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bisc

hga

vese

vera

lre

ason

sfo

rth

is,

the

mos

tfa

mou

sbe

ing

his

thes

isth

at,o

ver

the

long

run,

the

term

sof

trad

em

ove

agai

nst

expo

rter

sof

agri

cult

ural

prod

ucts

infa

vour

ofex

port

ers

ofin

dust

rial

prod

ucts

.T

here

sult

isa

mas

sive

glob

alin

equa

lity

inth

ebe

nefi

tsof

econ

omic

grow

th:‘

Inot

her

wor

ds,w

hile

the

cent

res

kept

the

who

lebe

nefi

tof

the

tech

nica

lde

velo

pmen

tof

thei

rin

dust

ries

,th

epe

riph

eral

coun

trie

str

ansf

erre

dto

them

ash

are

ofth

efr

uits

ofth

eir

own

tech

nica

lpro

gres

s’(P

rebi

sch

1950

:10

).

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144

South

ern

theo

ry

As

this

pass

age

show

s,P

rebi

sch

mad

ea

fund

amen

tal

dist

inct

ion

betw

een

the

econ

omie

sof

the

‘cen

tre’ a

ndth

eec

onom

ies

ofth

e‘p

erip

hery

’.H

edi

dno

t inv

entt

hese

term

s,bu

t he

cert

ainl

ypo

pula

rise

dth

em—

inde

ed,

mad

eth

emes

sent

ial

idea

sin

disc

ussi

ons

ofw

orld

deve

lopm

ent.

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tre

and

peri

pher

yha

ddi

ffer

ent

econ

omic

stru

ctur

es,

diff

eren

tec

onom

ic

prob

lem

s,an

dth

eref

ore

need

eddi

ffer

ent

econ

omic

polic

ies.

Thi

sdi

dno

tm

ean

they

coul

dbe

sepa

rate

d.Pr

ebis

chsa

wth

egl

obal

econ

omy

asa

nece

ssar

ilyin

terl

inke

dsy

stem

. Thi

sbe

cam

ea

key

poin

t tha

tdi

vide

d‘C

EPA

L-is

m’ f

rom

the

Mar

xist

unde

r-de

velo

pmen

t the

oris

tsof

the

1960

san

d19

70s,

nota

bly

Fra

nkan

dA

min

,w

hopr

opos

edde

link

ing

peri

pher

alec

onom

ies

from

glob

alca

pita

lism

. To

Preb

isch

, the

cent

rew

asa

vita

l sou

rce

oftr

ade,

capi

tal a

ndte

chno

logy

for t

hepe

riph

ery.

Itw

asal

soa

sour

ceof

dire

econ

omic

prob

lem

s,in

clud

ing

boom

and

bust

cycl

es(t

hew

ayth

e19

30s

colla

pse

had

been

expo

rted

toL

atin

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eric

aw

asm

uch

inPr

ebis

ch’s

min

d), a

ndof

cour

seth

ete

rms

oftr

ade

prob

lem

.O

neof

the

mos

t str

ikin

gfe

atur

esof P

rinc

ipal

Prob

lem

sis

the

atte

ntio

nPr

ebis

chde

vote

sto

anal

ysin

gth

ece

ntre

,es

peci

ally

the

US

econ

omy

and

the

US

dolla

r,w

hich

take

uptw

oof

the

seve

nch

apte

rs.I

n19

49, P

rebi

sch

was

wri

ting

atth

ehi

ghti

deof

US

econ

omic

and

mil

itar

ypo

wer

, bef

ore

the

Ger

man

Wir

tsch

afts

wun

der

orth

eJa

pane

sebo

om.

He

real

istic

ally

saw

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es—

asco

nsum

er, p

rodu

cer,

inno

vato

r,in

vest

oran

dco

ntro

ller o

f the

wor

ld’s

rese

rve

curr

ency

—as

havi

ngen

orm

ous

impo

rtan

cefo

rL

atin

Am

eric

ande

velo

pmen

t.T

heli

nkco

uld

not

bebr

oken

,bu

tit

coul

dbe

resh

aped

,if

Lat

in

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eric

ango

vern

men

tsw

ould

get

dow

nto

the

job.

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bisc

has

sum

edca

pita

list d

evel

opm

ent,

nota

Sovi

et-s

tyle

econ

omy,

but h

eal

soas

sum

eda

high

lyin

terv

entio

nist

stat

e.T

hest

ate

wou

ldw

ork

thro

ugh

tari

ffs,

exch

ange

cont

rols

,ta

xes,

deve

lopm

ent

plan

ning

,an

ti-cy

clic

alpo

licy,

and

soon

,to

prod

and

cajo

leth

eec

onom

yto

war

dssu

stai

ned

grow

th.

For

inst

ance

, ake

ypr

oble

mw

asth

esh

orta

geof

capi

tal t

oal

low

high

erte

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logy

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ngpr

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tivity

.T

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the

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inA

mer

ican

mas

ses

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read

yso

low

that

very

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mor

eco

uld

besq

ueez

edou

tof

them

. The

high

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egr

oups

,who

coul

dbe

savi

ng, i

nste

adsp

ent m

uch

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eir

inco

me

onim

port

edco

nsum

ergo

ods,

tryi

ngto

sust

ain

the

lifes

tyle

that

they

saw

inth

ede

velo

ped

coun

trie

s.T

his

irre

spon

sibi

lity

ofL

atin

Am

eric

anel

ites,

asPr

ebis

chob

viou

sly

saw

it—

heca

llsth

eir

beha

viou

r‘i

mpr

oper

’(1

950:

37),

whi

chgi

ven

his

gene

ral

styl

eis

equi

vale

ntto

a

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auto

nom

yand

cu[I

ure

145

char

geof

danc

ing

atm

idni

ght

wit

hde

mon

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pita

l

form

atio

nan

dw

orse

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the

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lem

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usef

ulim

port

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over

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t cou

ldfix

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heen

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the

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isch

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rate

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nded

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cons

ciou

snes

sam

ong

inte

llec

tual

san

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-mak

ers

inth

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ery.

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sle

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fort

atpo

pula

r

educ

atio

n,in

clud

ing

the

publ

icat

ion

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illio

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book

san

dm

agaz

ines

,

and

the

prod

ucti

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new

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the

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ney

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som

ean

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sepe

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lew

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rtan

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side

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tthe

ypr

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tary

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wer

esu

chpe

ople

play

ing

arou

ndw

ith

child

ren’

sco

mic

book

s?Fo

rH

eave

n’s

sake

,the

rear

e

som

eth

ings

that

prop

erre

volu

tiona

ries

just

don’

tdo!

But

they

did,

and

the

resu

ltis

afa

scin

atin

gdo

cum

ento

frad

ical

polit

ics

asw

ella

sa

pion

eeri

ngw

ork

incu

ltur

alst

udie

s(a

sth

efie

ldw

asbe

ginn

ing

tobe

calle

din

the

met

ropo

le).

How

toR

ead

Don

ald

Duc

kis

aton

ele

vela

n

empi

rica

lstu

dyof

mas

sm

edia

cont

ent,

base

don

acl

ose

read

ing

ofab

out

100

issu

esof

Dis

ney’

sco

mic

book

s.Fa

rfr

omin

noce

ntch

ildh

ood

fant

asy,

Dor

fman

and

Mat

tela

rt(1

975)

show

that

the

stor

ies

cons

truc

taw

orld

of

ade

fini

teso

cial

,cul

tura

land

polit

ical

char

acte

r.

Thi

sis

awor

ldw

itha

fixed

soci

alhi

erar

chy,

thou

gha

som

ewha

tpec

ulia

r

one.

The

rear

eno

pare

nts—

rath

erun

cles

,aun

ts,n

iece

san

dne

phew

sex

ist

inab

unda

nce.

Sobo

thse

xual

repr

oduc

tion

and

fam

ily

auth

orit

yar

e

conc

eale

d,ex

cept

for

ast

ereo

type

dse

xual

isat

ion

ofw

omen

,as

seen

in

Dai

syD

uck’

shig

hhe

els.

Wea

lthis

pres

ent—

inde

edco

mic

ally

exag

gera

ted

inth

efo

rmof

Scro

oge

McD

uck’

sm

oney

bin

s_but

ispi

ctur

edas

trea

sure

wai

ting

tobe

foun

d,no

tth

epr

oduc

tof

anyo

ne’s

labo

ur.‘

Inth

ew

orld

of

Dis

ney,

noon

eha

sto

wor

kin

orde

rto

prod

uce’

(197

5:64

).U

rban

wor

king

-

clas

spe

ople

,whe

npr

esen

tat a

ll,ar

em

ainl

ycr

imin

als

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gle

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s).

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rdW

orld

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rtai

nly

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ent.

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fman

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tela

rt’s

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ble

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ges

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nbe

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edof

fby

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doer

sfr

omw

hom

the

duck

ssa

ve

them

.The

yar

eut

terl

yun

able

toch

ange

thei

rci

rcum

stan

ces

byth

eir

own

effo

rts.

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t the

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, the

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ldre

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sto

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ual o

rder

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r get

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ch, S

croo

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ver g

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ble

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ell,

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use

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per

has

inst

alle

da

tour

ist h

otel

that

allo

ws

them

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eser

veth

eir

exot

icw

ays.

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fman

and

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tela

rtth

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seth

eef

fect

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ying

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ney

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ics

inve

rtth

ere

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lati

onbe

twee

nm

ater

ial

base

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ural

supe

rstr

uctu

re.

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ycr

eate

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urge

ois

fant

asy

wor

ld—

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agan

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rth

eA

mer

ican

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ofLi

feso

muc

has

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agan

dafo

ran

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eric

anD

ream

ofLi

fe:

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the

man

ner

inw

hich

the

U.S

.dr

eam

san

dre

deem

sits

elf,

and

then

impo

ses

that

drea

mup

onot

hers

for

itsow

nsa

lvat

ion,

whi

chpo

ses

the

dang

erfo

rth

ede

pend

ent

coun

trie

s.It

forc

esus

Lat

inA

mer

ican

sto

see

ours

elve

sas

they

see

us.

..R

eadi

ngD

isne

yis

like

havi

ngon

e’s

own

expl

oite

dco

ndit

ion

ram

med

wit

hho

ney

dow

non

e’s

thro

at(1

975:

95—

96).

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ald

Duc

kth

usco

ntri

bute

sto

unde

r-de

velo

pmen

t,by

help

ing

bloc

kth

efo

rmat

ion

ofa

cons

ciou

snes

sof

the

real

ities

ofex

ploi

tati

on,

and

aco

nsci

ousn

ess

ofth

epo

ssib

ility

ofch

ange

—’t

heno

tion

that

time

prod

uces

som

ethi

ngis

natu

rall

yel

imin

ated

’(1

975:

86).

The

reis

mor

eto

Dor

fman

and

Mat

tela

rt’s

anal

ysis

, as

they

com

men

ton

othe

rth

emes

and

onal

l the

lead

ing

char

acte

rsin

Dis

ney’

sca

stlis

t.B

utth

isis

thei

rm

ain

argu

men

t.It

show

sho

w, e

ven

with

the

unpr

omis

ing

tool

spr

ovid

edby

conv

enti

onal

Mar

xism

,L

atin

Am

eric

anra

dica

lsbe

gan

toco

nstr

uct a

nac

coun

t of t

hein

tern

alm

echa

nism

sof

met

ropo

lita

ncu

ltura

ldo

min

atio

n.T

hepr

oble

mha

dm

any

sim

ilari

ties

toth

e‘W

esto

xica

tion’

that

A1-

eA

hmad

had

addr

esse

da

few

year

sbe

fore

(see

Cha

pter

6).

Unl

ike

Al-

eA

hmad

, Dor

fman

and

Mat

tela

rtdo

dged

the

issu

eof

wha

tto

doab

out

it.In

ade

fens

ive

pass

age

atth

een

dof

thei

rbo

ok, t

hey

wri

teth

atno

one

isab

leto

prop

ose

anin

divi

dual

solu

tion

toth

ese

prob

lem

s,

Dep

en

den

cy

,auto

nom

yan

dcu

lture

151

and

wha

thap

pens

afte

rD

isne

y‘w

illbe

deci

ded

byth

eso

cial

prac

tice

of

the

peop

les

seek

ing

eman

cipa

tion’

(197

5:99

).A

ndpr

obab

lyth

eyth

ough

t

that

was

real

lyha

ppen

ing

inth

eU

nida

dP

opul

arm

ovem

ent.

But

whe

n

How

toR

ead

Don

ald

Duc

kw

aspu

blis

hed,

Uni

dad

Pop

ular

had

just

two

year

sto

live.

The

Day

afte

rth

eD

eath

ofa

Rev

olut

ion

InSe

ptem

ber

1973

the

gene

rals

stru

ck,t

heM

oned

apa

lace

was

bom

bed,

Alle

nde

died

,and

both

gove

rnm

enta

ndm

ovem

entw

ere

dest

roye

d.A

riel

Dor

fman

was

onth

em

ilita

ry’s

deat

hlis

t,an

don

lyju

stes

cape

dfr

omth

e

coun

try.

Dor

fman

late

rpu

blis

hed

am

ovin

gbo

okof

poem

sab

out

terr

or

and

exile

.In

one

ofth

em(D

orfm

an19

88:6

1)he

reca

llsho

wth

em

ovem

ent

inC

hile

had

faile

dto

see

wha

t was

com

ing

tow

ards

it.U

nfor

tuna

tely

for

copy

righ

trea

sons

Ica

nnot

quot

eth

epo

emhe

re.

But

Ica

nre

flec

ton

the

auth

or’s

poin

tth

atpr

ogre

ssiv

esha

dsi

mpl

yfa

iled

tore

cogn

ise

the

cons

eque

nces

ofm

ilit

ary

cultu

re,a

ndth

eir

own

vuln

erab

ilit

yto

viol

ence

.

Chi

leha

d,af

ter

all,

anes

tabl

ishe

dco

nsti

tuti

onal

regi

me,

and

elec

tora

l

supp

ort

for

Uni

dad

Pop

ular

seem

edto

begr

owin

g.B

utop

posi

tion

was

hard

enin

gto

o,an

dfi

ndin

gou

tsid

esu

ppor

t.

The

Chi

lean

mil

itar

yre

gim

ew

asno

tth

efi

rst—

not

even

the

mos

t

viol

ent—

ofth

eL

atin

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eric

anau

thor

itar

ian

regi

mes

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itw

asbr

utal

enou

gh.

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firs

tfew

year

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hich

the

hist

oria

nT

omás

Mou

lian

(200

2)

calls

‘the

phas

eof

the

terr

oris

td

icta

tors

hip

left

-win

gm

ilit

ants

and

inte

llect

uals

wer

ehu

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dow

n.M

any

ofth

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ere

tort

ured

—a

spec

ialis

ed

pris

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asse

tup

for

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purp

ose

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illa

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mal

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iago

’sea

ster

n

frin

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ater

bull

doze

dto

hide

the

evid

ence

,now

am

emor

ialp

ark)

—an

d

hund

reds

wer

eki

lled.

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situ

atio

nw

asw

orse

inth

eA

rgen

tine

dict

ator

ship

,w

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inth

e

dirt

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South

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ese

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grou

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poli

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mar

ket

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sth

atca

me

todo

min

ate

Lat

inA

mer

ica

inth

e19

80s

and

1990

s,is

inno

sens

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outh

ern

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ry. I

t is,

onth

eco

ntra

ry, a

clas

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prod

uct

ofth

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ms.

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als

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took

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’sec

onom

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der

Pin

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t mad

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1975

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lem

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o,by

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nam

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53

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lyef

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e

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ical

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omic

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mm

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rved

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s

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ofev

ents

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ted

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isis

for

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ein

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in

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eric

a.T

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onal

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ety

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is

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the

form

erco

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tion

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soci

al-s

cien

tific

know

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ean

dpr

ojec

tsof

soci

alch

ange

has

been

brok

en(G

arre

tófl

2000

).

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inA

mer

ican

crit

ical

thou

ght

cam

eto

ast

ands

till

asne

olib

eral

ism

intr

oduc

edne

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ms

and

disc

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dth

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ane

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ge,

and

conn

ecti

onbe

twee

ncr

itic

alth

ough

tan

dso

cial

mov

emen

tsw

aslo

st

(Sad

er20

02).

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tis

the

situ

atio

nad

dres

sed

byth

eC

hile

anso

ciol

ogis

tM

arti

n

Hop

enha

ynin

ase

ries

ofes

says

colle

cted

inN

oA

poca

lyps

e,N

oIn

tegr

atio

n.

His

open

ing

chap

ter,

‘The

Day

Aft

erth

eD

eath

ofa

Rev

olut

ion’

,evo

kes

the

moo

dof

loss

and

doub

t:

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tth

eso

ciet

ies

ofL

atin

Am

eric

am

ost

shar

eto

day

are

soci

al

dete

rior

atio

n,fo

rmal

dem

ocra

cy,p

riva

tizi

ngeu

phor

iaan

dsh

ock

poli

tics

..

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hefo

llow

ing

page

sm

ight

seem

skep

tical

.T

hey

don’

t

indi

cate

new

aven

ues

for

chan

geno

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they

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taliz

eol

dim

puls

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for

radi

cal

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sfor

mat

ion.

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her,

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eth

ecr

isis

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eque

nces

foll

owin

gth

esh

atte

red

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mof

inte

gra

tion

(Hop

enha

Yn

2001

:1—

2).

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cent

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caly

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isth

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dof

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cia

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efor

ean

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tsc

alin

g-do

wn

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soci

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ssl

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din

togr

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rac

adem

ic

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hum

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001:

121)

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the

prev

ious

hero

ic

r

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154

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ern

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reof

the

soci

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ient

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sre

form

erm

ight

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ista

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essa

y‘Is

the

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alT

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hout

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anar

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ings

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ther

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impl

icat

ions

for

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ther

nth

eory

. The

soci

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ienc

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inA

mer

ica

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erin

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tha

cris

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ffig

ibili

tyan

da

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orga

nici

ty.T

heth

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ious

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rati

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ere

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-sty

lede

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pmen

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epre

sent

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chap

ter

byth

eth

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mai

nte

xts

disc

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ove)

. Soc

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aspr

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hesa

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inte

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ngto

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thin

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cial

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nces

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mad

eth

emse

lves

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erab

le. T

hefo

rmth

eyto

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sent

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men

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out

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tyof

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llect

uals

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t the

mse

lves

onth

esi

deof

hist

ory

and

prog

ress

. He

revi

ews

the

fam

iliar

criti

ques

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ctri

nes

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alit

y—po

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oder

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rank

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ant m

odel

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know

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din

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l pra

ctic

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t thi

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ent,

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enha

ynis

usin

gpu

rem

etro

poli

tan

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ham

mer

inte

llec

tual

sof

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pher

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all

too

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ilia

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tter

nin

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cont

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out

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ent

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omic

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anot

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essa

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open

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dire

ctly

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esse

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elo

cal

rele

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ough

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peci

ally

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tard

and

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dril

lard

.H

esu

gges

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eir

idea

sha

veim

port

ant

para

llel

sw

ith

the

new

cond

itio

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inA

mer

ica.

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epo

stm

oder

nth

emes

ofco

mpl

exity

, ind

eter

min

acy

and

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loca

lar

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lin

unde

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ndin

gco

ntem

pora

ryso

ciet

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din

just

ifyi

ngso

cial

scie

nce’

sne

win

tere

stin

ever

yday

life

rath

erth

anla

rge

stru

ctur

es.

Yet

Hop

enha

ynw

ants

tobo

rrow

only

sele

ctiv

ely

from

Nor

ther

nth

eori

sts.

Inpa

rtic

ular

, he

emph

asis

esth

atm

ovin

gto

war

dsa

post

mod

ern

sens

ibili

tysh

ould

not

mea

nfa

lling

into

aco

olor

cyni

cal

acce

ptan

ceof

Dep

enden

cY.

auto

nom

yand

cult

ure

155

pove

rty

soci

alex

clus

ion

oral

iena

tion.

He

isve

rycl

ear

abou

tth

egr

owth

ofso

cial

ineq

uali

tyin

Lat

inA

mer

ica

unde

rne

olib

eral

ism

,pro

duci

ng‘a

stat

usqu

ow

here

the

(int

erna

tion

ally

)in

tegr

ated

are

star

kly

juxt

apos

ed

with

the

(nat

iona

lly)

excl

uded

’(2

001:

4).

Whi

lecr

itic

isin

gin

stru

men

tal

reas

on,

Hop

enha

ynde

fend

sut

opia

n

reas

on.H

een

dsth

ebo

okw

itha

nice

essa

yin

prai

seof

utop

ian

thou

ght,

emph

asis

ing

the

need

for

open

rath

erth

anm

illen

nial

istu

topi

as.I

nea

rlie

r

rese

arch

,H

open

hayn

and

his

coll

eagu

esha

dex

plor

edsm

all-

scal

e

deve

lopm

ent

proj

ects

.In

No

Apo

caly

PSe

hepr

aise

sth

e‘a

lter

nati

ve

deve

lopm

ent’

mov

emen

t,w

hich

emph

asis

esgr

assr

oots

actio

n,di

vers

ity

and

soci

alin

volv

emen

trat

her

than

part

ypo

litic

sor

the

sove

reig

nm

arke

t.

Thi

s,H

open

hayn

seem

sto

thin

k,is

the

mos

tpr

omis

ing

venu

efo

ra

new

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

prac

tice

and

theo

ry.

But

ther

eis

also

anot

her

argu

men

tin

the

book

,cur

ious

and

sugg

estiv

e.

The

plan

ning

stat

em

ayha

velo

stal

lleg

itim

acy,

and

the

soci

alsc

ienc

e

para

digm

sas

soci

ated

with

itha

vego

nein

toth

edu

stbi

nof

hist

ory.

But

the

reas

ons

why

thos

eap

proa

ches

wer

ecr

eate

dha

veno

tgon

eaw

ay.A

tthe

end

ofhi

sch

apte

ron

post

mod

erni

sman

dne

olib

eral

ism

,Hop

enha

Yn

reca

lls

Preh

isch

.Man

yof

Preb

isch

’san

alys

esan

dpr

edic

tion

sha

vepr

oved

corr

ect

inth

ene

wne

olib

eral

wor

ld.

Mor

eove

r,‘w

edo

not

poss

ess

anot

her

inte

rpre

tive

focu

sca

pabl

eof

givi

nga

spec

ific

sens

eof

tota

lity

and

cohe

renc

e

toth

ehe

tero

gene

ity

char

acte

rist

icof

the

proc

esse

sof

mod

erni

zati

onin

Lat

inA

mer

ica’

(200

1:90

).O

ther

sto

oha

vesu

gges

ted

that

,si

nce

neol

iber

alid

eas

have

flou

rish

ed

for

year

sw

ith

little

deba

te,i

tis

tim

efo

ra

new

stru

ctur

aliS

m(K

ay19

98).

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ct,P

rebi

sch

had

been

one

ofth

efi

rstt

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tem

ptth

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stop

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yout

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fter

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retu

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to

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tea

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ence

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een

cent

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dpe

riph

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and

adde

da

polit

ical

soci

olog

yof

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nden

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tfo

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eli

mit

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cces

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atio

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olen

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ips.

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mad

ea

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itiqu

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‘fak

elib

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toff

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pros

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tyto

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idat

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just

ice;

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expr

esse

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sco

ntin

ued

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ftha

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riph

ery

ispo

ssib

lew

hate

ver

new

stra

tegi

esm

ight

bere

quir

edto

achi

eve

it.

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One

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arre

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atin

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men

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atin

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endo

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ours

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sed

inth

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book

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2002

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iliar

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ents

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rom

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lem

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rs’

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emen

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veno

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156

South

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South

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.g. O

lava

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2002

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cia

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ning

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inco

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tion’

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cia

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1:14

0).T

hepr

oble

mis

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ring

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1980

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90s,

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cal

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cia

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thin

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edia

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In19

82, a

t ati

me

whe

nth

ene

wri

ght w

asco

nsol

idat

ing

pow

erin

Bri

tain

and

the

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ted

Stat

es, t

hecl

eric

alre

gim

ein

Iran

had

alm

ost d

estr

oyed

the

oppo

siti

on,

neol

iber

als

wer

eta

king

over

the

IMF

and

the

giga

ntic

debt

cris

isof

Lat

inA

mer

ica

was

begi

nnin

g,a

grou

pof

radi

cal

hist

oria

nsfr

omIn

dia

laun

ched

ane

wbo

okse

ries

, whi

chev

olve

din

toa

peri

odic

al.

Cal

led

Sub

alte

rnSt

udie

s,w

ith

ackn

owle

dgm

ent

toG

ram

scj,

itw

assu

btit

led

Wri

tings

onSo

uth

Asi

anH

isto

ryan

dSo

ciet

y.T

hepr

efac

eto

the

firs

tis

sue,

sign

edby

the

foun

ding

edit

orR

anaj

itG

uha,

decl

ared

anai

m‘to

prom

ote

asy

stem

atic

and

info

rmed

disc

ussi

onof

suba

lter

nth

emes

inth

efi

eld

ofSo

uth

Asi

anst

udie

sw

ithco

ntri

buti

ons

from

scho

lars

acro

ssth

ehu

man

itie

san

dso

cial

scie

nces

. Abr

oad

fiel

dw

asto

besu

rvey

ed,

but

not

blan

dly.

Thi

sw

asan

inte

llec

tual

insu

rgen

cy, ‘

tore

ctif

yth

eel

itist

bias

char

acte

rist

icof

muc

hre

sear

chan

dac

adem

icw

ork

inth

ispa

rtic

ular

area

Inth

ebr

ief f

ollo

win

ges

say,

‘On

som

eA

spec

tsof

the

His

tori

ogra

phy

ofC

olon

ial

1ndi

aG

uha

(198

2)te

ars

apar

tth

em

ain

trad

itio

nsof

wri

ting

abou

t Ind

ian

hist

ory,

from

the

Bri

tish

colo

nise

rsto

the

post

-ind

epen

denc

ena

tiona

lists

. He

argu

esth

atth

etr

adit

iona

lfo

cus

onth

eco

loni

alst

ate

and

the

stru

ggle

sar

ound

itcr

ucia

llyle

aves

out

the

polit

ics

ofth

epe

ople

(his

italic

s). A

long

side

the

elite

acto

rs, t

heJi

nnah

san

dN

ehru

s,th

ere

isan

othe

rdo

mai

n,an

auto

nom

ous

dom

ain,

ofpo

pula

rlif

e,co

nsci

ousn

ess

and

polit

ics.

Thi

sha

sits

own

idio

ms

and

valu

es,

expr

esse

din

even

tssu

chas

peas

ant

upri

sing

s.To

docu

men

tth

isau

tono

mou

sdo

mai

n,to

brin

gto

light

the

logi

c,lim

itsan

dim

pact

ofth

ispo

pula

rpo

litic

s,is

the

task

of

Suba

ltern

Stud

ies.

Two

deca

des

late

r,Su

balte

rnSt

udie

sw

asfa

mou

s—no

tam

ong

Indi

an

peas

ants

,but

inN

orth

Am

eric

anun

iver

sitie

s.Pr

aise

dby

Edw

ard

Said

and

Gay

atri

Cha

krav

orty

Spiv

ak(G

uha

and

Spiv

ak19

88),

Suba

ltern

Stud

ies

cam

eto

bese

enas

exem

plar

yof

post

colo

nial

stud

ies.

The

seri

es,

and

the

netw

ork

arou

ndit,

beca

me

ave

hicl

efo

rpo

stm

oder

ndi

scus

sion

sof

iden

tity,

frag

men

tati

onan

ddi

ffer

ence

.S

omet

hing

happ

ened

that

wen

t

beyo

ndth

eno

rmal

case

of‘a

cade

mic

tour

ism

asH

ount

ondj

ical

led

it(s

ee

Cha

pter

5),w

here

Sou

ther

nin

tell

ectu

als

trav

elto

the

met

ropo

lean

d

hum

bly

lear

nits

conc

epts

and

tech

niqu

es.

Sub

alte

rnSt

udie

san

dits

cont

ribu

tors

wer

edr

awn

into

met

ropo

lita

nci

rcui

tsas

aki

ndof

colle

ctiv

e

cele

brity

.A

long

the

way

,Sub

alte

rnSt

udie

sattr

acte

dan

extr

aord

inar

you

tpou

ring

ofcr

itici

sm.

Its

seco

ndis

sue,

for

inst

ance

,was

the

subj

ect

ofa

40-p

age

mul

ti-a

utho

rcr

itica

lre

view

inan

othe

rIn

dian

jour

nal.

Atv

ario

ustim

es,

mem

bers

ofth

eS

ubal

tern

Stu

dies

grou

pw

ere

char

ged

wit

hba

d

hist

orio

grap

hy,i

nsuf

fici

ent

revo

luti

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yze

al,n

oten

ough

Mar

xism

,too

muc

hM

arxi

sm,

too

muc

hm

oder

nism

and

too

muc

hpo

stm

oder

nism

.

The

yw

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criti

cise

dfo

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ngto

oW

este

rnis

ed,f

orro

man

ticis

ing

peas

ants

,

and

for

igno

ring

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mid

dle

clas

ses.

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yw

ere

crit

icis

edin

the

nam

e

ofL

enin

,in

the

nam

eof

Lac

an,

inth

ena

me

ofD

erri

da,

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ena

me

of

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dhi,

inth

ena

me

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alle

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ally

,in

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nam

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msc

i.

Two

wei

ghty

book

sha

vebe

enpu

blis

hed

that

cons

isto

fnot

hing

buta

rtic

les

abou

tS

ubal

tern

Stu

dies

(Cha

turv

edi

2000

;L

udde

n20

02;

see

also

Lal2

003)

.W

hatm

ore

can

ther

ebe

tosa

y?T

hecr

itica

lcom

men

tary

incl

udes

som

e

very

fine

piec

es.

One

isan

essa

yby

the

hist

oria

nan

dfo

rmer

cont

ribu

tor

Sum

itSa

rkar

,‘T

heD

eclin

eof

the

Suba

ltern

inSu

balte

rnSt

udie

s’(S

arka

r

1997

).T

his

trac

esth

eim

pact

ofth

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’spo

stm

oder

ntu

rn,w

hich

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ain.

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conn

ecti

onth

atbr

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t

fam

eca

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ata

pric

e:a

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ayfr

omth

epr

ojec

tof

docu

men

ting

the

poor

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osse

ssed

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da

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tica

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rizo

ns

wit

hin

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a.Sa

rkar

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ent

help

sin

unde

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ltur

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enon

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ltern

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ies

beca

me.

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ther

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som

ethi

ngm

ore

tobe

said

,for

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ern

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vio

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lism

169

the

purp

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isbo

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heea

rly

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the

serie

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wel

l as

cont

aini

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soci

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inte

rest

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hepr

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ocum

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peop

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the

fine

-gra

ined

empi

rica

l his

tory

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mad

eup

the

bulk

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eea

rly

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es,

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neve

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inno

cent

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rici

sm.

Guh

a’s

phra

seal

read

yco

ntai

ned

anim

port

ant t

heor

etic

alpo

int—

that

peas

ant a

ndw

orki

ng-c

lass

mov

emen

tsw

ere

polit

ical

. The

yw

ere

not,

asas

sum

edby

both

nati

onal

ist a

ndM

arxi

sthi

stor

iogr

aphy

(in

Guh

a’s

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),sp

onta

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outb

urst

sth

atre

quir

edei

ther

the

natio

nalis

t elit

eor

the

one

true

revo

lutio

nary

part

yto

give

them

polit

ical

form

. In

the

cont

ext o

f Bri

tish

rule

, the

sem

ovem

ents

embo

died

spec

ific

ally

anan

ticol

onia

l pol

itics

.T

his

polit

ics

was

not a

nof

fsho

otof

elite

polit

ics.

Tha

t was

the

prin

cipl

eof

the

‘aut

onom

ous

dom

ain’

defi

ned

byG

uha.

Suba

ltern

polit

ics

grew

out

oflo

cal w

ays

oflif

ean

dth

usex

pres

sed

spec

ific

form

sof

cons

ciou

snes

s,of

ten

inth

ela

ngua

geof

loca

lrel

igio

n.So

me

ofth

em

ost f

asci

natin

gpa

pers

inea

rly

Suba

ltern

Stud

ies

show

the

loca

l roo

tsof

polit

ics

very

clea

rly.

Agr

ippi

ngex

ampl

eis

‘Fou

rR

ebel

sof

Eig

htee

n-Fi

fty-

Seve

n’, i

nw

hich

Gau

tam

Bha

dra

(198

5)ex

cava

tes,

from

reco

rds

ofth

ehu

geup

heav

als

ofth

atye

ar,

tale

ssu

chas

the

stor

yof

the

villa

gere

bel

Dcv

iSi

ngh.

Thi

sw

as‘e

ntir

ely

the

affa

irof

ape

asan

tco

mm

unit

yof

asm

all

area

’,in

volv

ing

atta

cks

onm

oney

lend

ers

asw

ell a

sB

ritis

hau

thor

ity, a

ndan

atte

mpt

tose

tup

anin

depe

nden

t gov

ernm

ent.

Thi

ssm

all-

scal

eri

sing

was

soon

put d

own

byfo

rce

and

the

lead

ers

wer

eha

nged

.A

noth

erex

ampl

eis

Gya

nend

raPa

ndey

’s(1

982)

‘Pea

sant

Rev

olt

and

Indi

anN

atio

nalis

m:

The

Peas

ant

Mov

emen

t in

Aw

adh,

191

9—22

’.Pa

ndey

show

sth

at, e

ven

inth

eco

ntex

t of t

hena

tion

alno

n-co

oper

atio

nm

ovem

ent

inth

ose

year

s,lo

calp

easa

ntpo

litic

sw

asan

auto

nom

ous

mov

emen

t.It

had

itsow

nor

gani

sing

mec

hani

sms—

Kis

anSa

bhas

, or p

easa

nts’

asso

ciat

ions

—its

own

lead

ers

and

itsow

nm

odes

ofac

tion

agai

nst

land

lord

san

dth

eau

thor

itie

s.H

uge

dem

onst

rati

ons

attr

acte

dth

eat

tent

ion

ofth

eIn

dian

Nat

iona

l Con

gres

sle

ader

s.W

hen

Gan

dhi c

ame

toth

ear

eaan

din

terv

ened

inth

est

rugg

le, i

twas

mai

nly

tore

stra

inpe

asan

t mili

tanc

y.Pa

ndey

argu

esth

atth

isre

flec

tsth

est

rate

gic

deci

sion

ofth

eC

ongr

ess

lead

ersh

ipfo

ran

alli

ance

wit

hIn

dian

elit

es,

whi

chre

quir

edho

ldin

gba

ckth

eso

cial

radi

calis

mof

the

rank

and

file.

The

Aw

adh

peas

ant m

ovem

ent

was

, in

itstu

rn, c

rush

edby

polic

eac

tion.

The

obvi

ous

diff

icul

tyw

ithtr

acin

gsu

balte

rnco

nsci

ousn

ess

isth

atfe

w

ofth

esu

balt

ern

grou

psle

ftw

ritt

enre

cord

s,an

dle

ader

slik

eD

cvi

Sing

h

wer

eki

lled

befo

reth

eyco

uld

crea

teor

altr

adit

ions

.Su

balte

rnSt

udie

s,in

one

ofits

mos

tbr

illi

ant

mov

es,

deve

lope

da

soci

olog

yofk

now

1edg

e

appr

oach

toth

ehi

stor

ical

reco

rd,a

ndse

tabo

utre

adin

gsu

balt

ern

hist

ory

thro

ugh

the

docu

men

tscr

eate

dby

the

colo

nial

elite

s.

Thu

s,in

the

pape

ron

1857

alre

ady

men

tion

ed,

Bha

dra

read

the

mem

oirs

ofth

eB

ritis

hvi

ctor

s,bu

tre

adth

emfr

omth

epo

int

ofvi

ewof

the

defe

ated

loca

lcom

mun

ities

.Dip

esh

Cha

krab

arty

(198

3),i

n‘C

ondi

tions

for

Kno

wle

dge

ofW

orki

ng-C

lass

Con

ditio

ns’,

stud

ied

the

jute

wor

kers

of

Kol

kata

inth

eea

rly

twen

tiet

hce

ntur

y.H

esh

owed

that

the

abse

nce

of

docu

men

tati

onab

out

the

wor

kfor

ce(e

ven

whe

nof

fici

ally

requ

ired

)is

a

clue

toth

ere

alpa

tter

nof

labo

urre

crui

tmen

tan

dco

ntro

lin

the

jute

fact

orie

s.In

‘The

Pros

eof

coun

ter-

Insu

rgen

cy’,

taki

ngas

his

mai

nca

seth

e

Sant

alri

sing

of18

55,G

uha

(198

3)sh

ows

how

prim

ary

wri

tten

acco

unts

ofpe

asan

tri

sing

sar

eco

nstr

ucte

dto

just

ify

the

cont

inui

tyof

the

Bri

tish

Raj

.Lat

erhi

stor

ians

tend

edto

repr

oduc

eth

evi

ewpo

int

impl

icit

inth

ese

docu

men

ts,o

ras

sim

ilate

them

toan

over

-arc

hing

narr

ativ

eof

nati

onal

or

revo

luti

onar

yst

rugg

le.

Yet

,as

Guh

aal

sosh

ows,

bya

deta

iled

crit

ical

read

ing

ofth

ear

chiv

e‘t

hesp

ecif

icit

yof

rebe

lco

nsci

ousn

ess’

can

be

reco

nstr

ucte

dan

dth

elo

call

ogic

ofth

em

ovem

ent,

incl

udin

gits

stro

ng

relig

ious

com

pone

nt,c

anbe

unde

rsto

od.

Bei

ngtr

aine

din

the

sam

epr

ofes

sion

,and

havi

ngtr

ied

toun

ders

tand

clas

san

dch

ange

inan

othe

rki

ndof

colo

ny(C

onne

llan

dIr

ving

1980

),1

have

read

thes

epa

pers

wit

had

mir

atio

nan

dpl

easu

re.T

hey

are

very

skilf

ul

hist

orio

grap

hy.

Not

only

doth

eau

thor

sha

vean

eye

for

sign

ific

antd

etai

l

and

afl

air

forw

eavi

ngan

alys

isan

dna

rrat

ive

toge

ther

.Asw

ith

Hou

nton

dji

inA

fric

aan

dSh

aria

tiin

Iran

,the

irar

gum

ent

isgi

ven

urge

ncy

bya

shar

p

awar

enes

sof

pow

er.

Inon

eof

the

earl

ycr

itiqu

esof

Suba

ltern

Stud

ies,

Ros

alin

dO

’Han

lon

(198

8)ar

gues

that

the

dich

otom

yof

‘sub

alte

rn’a

nd‘e

lite’

,for

whi

chG

uha

and

his

colle

ague

sw

ere

heav

ilycr

itici

sed,

was

not

som

uch

inte

nded

to

nam

eso

cial

cate

gori

esas

todr

amat

ise

the

perv

asiv

enes

sof

pow

eran

d

dom

inat

ion.

Itw

asa

way

ofcr

eatin

gan

agen

daof

inve

stig

atio

n,al

way

sto

look

for

resi

stan

ceto

pow

er—

whe

ther

spec

tacu

lar

orun

hero

ic.

Ith

ink

that

O’H

anlo

nw

asri

ght,

and

that

the

Suba

ltern

Stud

ies

grou

p’s

sens

itivi

tyto

issu

esof

pow

erac

coun

tsfo

rth

evi

vidn

ess

ofits

mem

bers

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llycl

asse

s,ex

actly

defi

ned

and

map

ped.

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the

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ltern

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ies

rese

arch

ers

cam

eou

tof

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xism

,wit

hout

ado

ubt.

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ajit

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a,lik

eA

l-c

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ad(C

hapt

er6)

,ha

dbe

ena

labo

urm

ovem

ent

activ

ist

inth

e19

40s

and

1950

s.H

ew

assp

ecif

ical

lya

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itan

tof

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mun

ist

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tyof

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a,fr

omw

hich

heal

sobr

oke,

som

ewha

tla

ter

than

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cA

hmad

’sde

part

ure

from

Tud

eh(A

min

and

Bha

dra

1994

).T

heyo

unge

rgr

oup

whi

chG

uha

gath

ered

tocr

eate

Suba

ltern

Stud

iesw

ere

infl

uenc

edby

deve

lopm

ents

inM

arxi

stth

ough

tin

the

1 960

san

d1 9

70s,

incl

udin

gth

ene

ww

orki

ng-c

lass

hist

ory

com

ing

out

ofB

rita

inan

dth

est

ruct

ural

ist

Mar

xism

com

ing

out

ofPa

ris.

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rear

e,ho

wev

er, f

ewsi

gns

ofan

yin

flue

nce

from

Thi

rdW

orld

revo

luti

onar

yth

ough

tin

the

trad

itio

nof

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n.T

heM

arxi

stba

ckgr

ound

was

the

star

ting

poin

tfo

rG

uha’

sam

biti

ous

pape

r ‘D

omin

ance

Wit

hout

Heg

emon

yan

dits

His

tori

ogra

phy’

(198

9),i

nw

hich

hear

gues

that

Bri

tish

impe

rial

ism

neve

rac

hiev

edhe

gem

ony

inth

eIn

dian

colo

ny. R

athe

r,th

eR

ajw

asba

sed

onco

erci

onbe

hind

ath

infa

cade

ofle

galit

y.G

uha

sugg

ests

that

the

univ

ersa

lisin

gte

nden

cies

ofbo

urge

ois

cult

ure,

base

don

the

expa

nsiv

ete

nden

cies

ofca

pita

l,fi

ndth

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hist

oric

lim

itin

colo

nial

ism

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isan

argu

men

tth

atco

nver

ges

wit

hPr

ebis

ch’s

(198

1)la

tecr

itiqu

eof

liber

alis

min

the

peri

pher

y.M

arxi

stth

ough

tis

also

the

star

ting

poin

tfo

rea

rly

Suba

ltern

Stud

ies’

mos

tex

plic

itat

tem

ptto

theo

rise

pow

er,

apa

per

byP

arth

aC

hatt

erje

e(1

983)

calle

d‘M

ore

onM

odes

ofPo

wer

and

the

Pea

sant

ryIn

apr

evio

uspa

per,

ast

udy

ofth

efl

uctu

atio

nsof

com

mun

alco

nfli

ctin

Ben

gal,

Cha

tterj

eeha

dsu

gges

ted

that

the

expl

anat

ion

lay

inth

ein

term

ingl

ing

ofco

ntra

dict

ory

pow

ersy

stem

sth

atex

iste

ddu

ring

atr

ansi

tion

toca

pita

lism

.In

‘Mod

esof

Pow

erC

hatte

rjee

sets

out

tosy

stem

atis

eth

isid

ea,w

hich

heth

ough

tap

plie

dbr

oadl

yto

larg

eag

rari

anso

ciet

ies.

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argu

men

tsta

rts

with

the

tran

sitio

nsbe

twee

n‘m

odes

ofpr

oduc

tion

unde

rsto

odin

clas

sica

lM

arxi

stte

rms.

Ass

ocia

ted

wit

hth

ese

econ

omic

stru

ctur

es,

but

not

redu

cibl

eto

them

,ar

epa

tter

nsof

poli

tica

lst

rugg

le,

cent

red

onpr

oper

tyan

don

defi

niti

ons

ofri

ghts

oren

titl

emen

ts.

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seC

hatte

rjee

calls

‘mod

esof

pow

er’

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defi

nes

thre

eba

sic

form

s:co

mm

unal

,

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er,

vio

lence

and

the

pai

nof

colo

nia

liS

m17

1

whe

reen

titl

emen

tsar

eal

loca

ted

onth

eau

thor

ity

ofa

who

leso

cial

colle

ctiv

ity;f

euda

l,w

here

entit

lem

ents

deri

veba

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llyfr

omph

ysic

alfo

rce

(i.e.

asi

tuat

ion

ofdi

rect

dom

inat

ion)

;an

dbo

urge

ois

whe

repr

oper

ty

righ

tsar

egu

aran

teed

byge

nera

lise

dla

w,

and

indi

rect

dom

inat

ion

is

achi

eved

thro

ugh

the

inst

itut

ions

ofre

pres

enta

tive

gove

rnm

ent.

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mos

tin

tere

stin

gpa

rtof

Cha

tter

jee’

sar

gum

ent

conc

erns

the

inte

rpla

ybe

twee

nth

ese

mod

es.

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also

ciet

yw

asno

tes

tabl

ishe

das

a

hom

ogen

ouS

syst

em;

rath

er,i

tinv

olve

dth

ein

trus

ion

ofth

efe

udal

mod

e

ofpo

wer

into

aco

mm

unal

real

m.

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resu

ltw

asco

nsta

ntre

sist

ance

to

feud

allo

rds,

wit

hun

stab

leou

tcom

es.

Sud

den

risi

ngs,

and

sudd

enre

conf

igur

atio

ns,

wer

epo

ssib

le__

espe

cial

lyw

hen

afe

udal

mon

arch

y

beca

me

ath

ird

play

er.

The

com

mun

alm

ode

ofpo

wer

was

capa

ble

of

gene

ratin

glo

call

eade

rshi

pw

hen

need

ed,b

utno

tof

inst

itut

iona

lisi

ngit.

Cha

tter

jee

trea

tsth

etr

ansi

tion

toth

ebo

urge

ois

mod

eof

pow

eron

ly

brie

fly,

but

mak

esth

eke

ypo

int

that

expa

ndin

gca

pita

lism

does

sim

ply

obli

tera

tefe

udal

ism

.In

deed

,it

can

inco

rpor

ate

feud

alst

ruct

ures

of

dom

inat

ion.

Wha

tca

pita

lism

does

tend

tow

ards

isth

eex

tinc

tion

ofth

e

com

mun

alm

ode

ofpo

wer

.C

hatte

rjee

give

sa

pith

ysu

mm

ary

ofa

coup

le

ofhu

ndre

dye

ars

ofco

loni

alis

m:

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usua

lfea

ture

she

rear

eth

ein

trus

ion

ofne

wex

trac

tive

mec

hani

sms

into

the

agra

rian

econ

omy,

ofte

nw

ith

the

activ

ele

gal

and

arm

ed

supp

ort

ofa

colo

nial

poli

tica

lau

thor

ity,

lead

ing

toa

syst

emat

icco

mm

erci

aliz

atio

nof

agri

cult

ure

and

the

inco

rpor

atio

nin

vary

ing

degr

ees

ofth

eag

rari

anec

onom

yin

toa

larg

erca

pita

listw

orld

-mar

ket;

the

grow

thof

ane

win

dust

rial

sect

or,u

sual

lyof

ali

mit

edna

ture

in

com

pari

son

wit

hth

eab

solu

tesi

zeof

the

econ

omy

and

with

vary

ing

com

bina

tion

sof

fore

ign,

‘com

prad

or’

and

‘nat

iona

l’ca

pita

l;

the

grow

thof

new

poli

tica

lin

stit

utio

nsan

dpr

oces

ses

base

don

bour

geoi

sco

ncep

tion

sof

law

,bu

reau

crac

yan

dre

pres

enta

tion

(Cha

tterj

ee19

83:

347)

.

The

impa

cton

pre-

exis

ting

soci

alst

ruct

ures

was

extr

emel

yun

even

in

prac

tice,

crea

ting

‘man

yun

expe

cted

poss

ibili

ties’

thro

ugh

the

inte

rpla

yof

diff

eren

tmod

esof

pow

er—

henc

ew

em

ight

infe

r,th

eva

rieg

ated

pict

ure

ofsu

balte

rnpo

litic

sdo

cum

ente

dby

Suba

ltern

Stud

ies.

Cha

tterj

eeex

plic

itly

cont

rast

sth

isw

ith

the

pict

ure

of‘c

apill

ary’

pow

erin

Eur

ope

pres

ente

dby

Fouc

ault.

Cha

tterj

eesu

gges

tsth

at,

inth

e‘s

o-ca

lled

back

war

dco

untr

ies

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172

South

ern

theo

ryP

ow

er,

vio

len

ceand

the

pain

ofco

lon

iali

sm17

3

such

form

sof

pow

erha

veli

mit

edre

ach.

Itis

the

com

plex

com

bina

tion

sof

mod

esof

pow

erar

ound

post

colo

nial

stat

esth

atar

ech

arac

teri

stic

,op

enin

gup

‘an

entir

ely

new

rang

eof

poss

ibili

ties

for

the

rulin

gcl

asse

sto

exer

cise

thei

rdo

min

atjo

nT

his

grim

conc

lusi

onw

asno

t Sub

alte

rnSt

udie

s’la

stw

ord

onth

esu

bjec

tof

pow

er. I

nla

ter i

ssue

s,no

t onl

ydi

dth

eto

pics

ofre

sear

chsh

ift a

way

from

suba

lter

ngr

oups

but,

asSa

rkar

(199

7)sh

ows,

the

conc

eptu

alfr

amew

ork

also

shif

ted.

The

key

dich

otom

yw

asno

long

erbe

twee

nru

ling

clas

san

dsu

balte

rn, b

utbe

twee

nco

loni

alpo

wer

/kno

wle

dge,

inst

itut

iona

lise

din

the

mod

ern

stat

e,an

dth

eno

n-m

oder

n.T

his

iscl

ear

inP

arth

aC

hatte

rjee

’sbo

okT

heN

atio

nan

dits

Frag

men

ts, p

ubli

shed

ten

year

saf

ter t

hepa

per

onpo

wer

. The

focu

sis

nolo

nger

onsy

stem

sof

clas

spo

wer

and

the

chan

ging

form

sof

cont

esta

tion,

but o

nth

edi

scou

rse

ofna

tion

alis

man

dm

oder

nity

,w

ithth

est

ate

take

nto

beth

eax

isof

pow

er. I

nsh

ort,

Sub

alte

rnSt

udie

san

dth

egr

oup

ofsc

hola

rsar

ound

itm

oved

tow

ards

am

ore

conv

enti

onal

post

mod

ernj

smI

thin

kth

atis

api

ty,

beca

use

Guh

a’s

stru

ctur

alis

m, a

ndC

hatte

rjee

’sor

igin

alco

ncep

tual

isat

ion

ofpo

wer

, wer

ehi

ghly

illum

inat

ing

theo

risa

tion

s.

Gen

der

,v

iole

nce

and

fem

inis

tth

eory

Am

ong

the

criti

cism

sof

Sub

alte

rnSt

udie

s was

that

itha

dli

ttle

tosa

yab

out

cast

e,an

dlit

tleto

say

(des

pite

the

invo

lvem

ent o

fa

wel

l-kn

own

fem

inis

t,G

ayat

riSp

ivak

)ab

out

gend

erre

lati

ons.

The

secr

itic

ism

sar

ebr

oadl

yco

rrec

t,fo

rth

eea

rly

issu

es.

The

narr

ativ

esof

peas

ant

risi

ngs

talk

alo

tab

out

loca

lle

ader

ship

s,bu

tha

rdly

noti

ceth

atth

ele

ader

sar

eex

clus

ivel

ym

en. H

owev

er, g

ende

r iss

ues

docr

eep

in. I

nth

efi

fth

volu

me,

Guh

a(1

987)

him

self

wro

tea

supe

rbpa

per,

‘Cha

ndra

’sD

eath

abou

t ape

asan

t fam

ilyin

mid

-nin

etee

nth

cent

ury

Ben

gal.

Inth

ishe

wor

ked

from

tiny

frag

men

tsof

evid

ence

tobu

ild

api

ctur

eof

the

gend

eror

der

inru

ral

soci

ety

and

the

resp

onse

sru

ral

wom

enm

ade

topa

tria

rcha

lpo

wer

.O

fco

urse

,G

uha

was

not

the

firs

tm

anto

conc

ern

him

self

wit

hth

eop

pres

sion

ofw

omen

. As

Cha

tterj

ee(1

993:

Chs

6—7)

note

s,ge

nder

just

ice

had

been

am

ajor

issu

ein

mid

-nin

etee

nth

cent

ury

Ben

gal.

Cla

ims

abou

tth

eba

rbar

ous

Indi

antr

eatm

ent

of

wom

enw

ere

part

of

the

Bri

tish

just

ific

atio

nof

colo

nial

rule

; but

the

issu

ew

asal

soad

dres

sed

byin

dige

nous

inte

llec

tual

s.Is

war

chan

dra

Vid

yasa

gar,

aned

ucat

iona

lre

form

eran

da

cent

ral

figu

rein

the

‘Cal

cutta

rena

issa

nce’

ofth

em

id-n

inet

eent

hce

ntur

y,

shar

ply

crit

icis

edth

epa

tria

rcha

lki

nshi

psy

stem

of

his

day,

incl

udin

g

poly

gam

y,ch

ildm

arri

age

and

the

ban

onw

idow

sre

mar

ryin

g.H

ew

rote

the

scat

hing

lines

:

Letn

otth

eun

fort

unat

ew

eake

rse

xbe

born

ina

coun

try

whe

reth

e

men

have

nopi

ty,n

odh

arm

a,no

sens

eof

righ

tand

wro

ng, n

oab

ility

todi

scri

min

ate

betw

een

bene

fici

alan

dha

rmfu

l,w

here

pres

erva

tion

ofw

hat

has

been

cust

omar

yis

cons

ider

edth

eon

lydu

ty,

the

only

dhar

ma.

..B

yw

hats

indo

wom

enco

me

tobe

born

inB

hara

tvar

sha

atal

l?(Q

uote

din

Sark

ar19

97:2

67)

Inth

ene

xtge

nera

tion

,B

anki

mch

andr

aC

hatte

rjee

[Cha

ttopa

dhya

y],

the

best

-kno

wn

Indi

anno

velis

tbef

ore

Tag

ore,

and

fam

ous

asth

eau

thor

ofth

ehy

mn

Ban

deM

atar

am(H

ail

toth

eM

othe

r),

whi

chbe

cam

ea

natio

nals

ong,

took

anev

enm

ore

radi

calp

ositi

on. I

nan

essa

yon

‘Equ

ality

’,

hede

noun

ced

the

fact

that

‘inal

lcou

ntri

esw

omen

are

the

slav

esof

men

He

argu

edno

ton

lyfo

rw

idow

rem

arri

age

and

wom

en’s

prop

erty

righ

ts,

buta

lso

forw

omen

’sri

ghtt

om

ove

inpu

blic

spac

e,an

dth

ene

edfo

rm

en

tosh

are

child

-car

ean

dho

usew

ork,

apo

siti

onst

illra

dica

lahu

ndre

dye

ars

late

r(C

hatte

rjee

1986

).C

hatte

rjee

late

rre

trea

ted

from

this

view

,but

othe

r

men

inth

eIn

dian

inte

llige

ntsi

aal

soto

okup

the

caus

eof

wom

en’s

righ

ts,

incl

udin

gSa

yyid

Ahm

adK

han,

asm

enti

oned

inC

hapt

er6.

The

deve

lopm

ent o

faw

omen

’spo

litic

sar

ound

gend

erju

stic

ew

asa

slow

and

com

plex

proc

ess.

Wom

enw

ere

pres

enti

nth

ena

tiona

listm

ovem

enti

n

cons

ider

able

num

bers

,an

dno

tju

stel

itew

omen

.G

andh

i’s

mas

sac

tion

cam

paig

nsde

pend

edon

wom

en’s

supp

ort.

But

mai

nstr

eam

natio

nalis

m,a

s

Part

haC

hatte

rjee

(199

3)ar

gues

, did

not

artic

ulat

ea

gend

erpo

litic

sin

the

publ

icre

alm

. Adi

vers

egr

oup

ofw

omen

’sor

gani

satio

nsse

tup

anum

brel

la

orga

nisa

tion,

the

All

Indi

aW

omen

’sC

onfe

renc

e,in

the

1920

s.T

hisb

ody

did

artic

ulat

ean

equa

l-ri

ghts

pers

pect

ive,

butl

ost i

nflu

ence

afte

rind

epen

denc

e.T

hose

wom

en’s

orga

nisa

tion

sw

hich

had

am

ass

reac

hw

ere

mai

nly

the

affil

iate

dgr

oups

setu

pby

mal

e-co

ntro

lled

polit

ical

part

ies.

The

iref

fect

isil

lum

inat

edby

Rak

aR

ay’s

(199

9)st

udy

offe

min

ist

polit

ics

inK

olka

taan

dM

umba

i,w

hich

look

scl

osel

yat

Pasc

him

Ban

ga

Gan

atan

trik

Mah

ilaSa

miti

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arty

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emen

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from

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175

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wom

enof

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Sam

iti,

whi

lew

orki

ngfo

rw

omen

’sec

onom

ican

ded

ucat

iona

l adv

ance

men

t,th

eref

ore

shie

daw

ayfr

oman

ydi

rect

chal

leng

eto

the

inte

rest

sof

men

—fo

rin

stan

ce,

from

mak

ing

apu

blic

issu

eof

dom

estic

viol

ence

.V

iole

nce

agai

nst w

omen

was

, how

ever

, the

galv

anis

ing

issu

ein

othe

rpa

rts

ofIn

dia.

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efe

min

ist g

roup

sfo

rmed

inth

eea

rly

1970

s.In

the

year

sim

med

iate

lyaf

ter I

ndir

aG

andh

i’s

tem

pora

rydi

ctat

orsh

ip, t

he‘E

mer

genc

y’of

1975

—77

, fem

inis

t org

anis

ing

spre

adra

pidl

y.A

wid

era

nge

ofau

tono

mou

sw

omen

’sgr

oups

cam

ein

toex

iste

nce,

peri

odic

als

wer

ela

unch

ed—

the

best

-kno

wn,

Man

ushj

, beg

anpu

blic

atio

nin

1 979—

rese

arch

and

teac

hing

bega

n,an

dpu

blic

cam

paig

nsw

ere

unde

rtak

en(K

umar

1999

).A

few

year

sla

ter,

Nan

dita

Gan

dhi a

ndN

andi

taSh

ah(1

992)

cond

ucte

dan

inte

rvie

wsu

rvey

ofw

omen

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oups

acro

ssth

eco

untr

y,an

dw

ere

impr

esse

dby

the

rang

ean

ddi

vers

ityof

activ

ism

.T

here

wer

eca

mpa

igns

arou

nddo

mes

ticvi

olen

ce, d

owry

mur

ders

, rap

e,w

omen

’she

alth

, wom

enin

the

wor

kpla

ce, l

egal

refo

rm,

and

mor

e.B

utfo

ral

l thi

sdi

vers

ity, i

t was

the

cont

inui

ngfa

ctof

men

’svi

olen

ce—

the

sens

eof

thre

atun

der

whi

chw

omen

live

d—th

atw

asce

ntra

lto

the

mov

emen

t.A

sth

eed

itor

ial

inth

efi

rst i

ssue

ofM

anus

hipu

tit:

Toliv

eas

aw

oman

isto

live

infe

ar—

ofm

oles

tati

on, r

ape,

ofso

cial

stig

ma

inal

mos

tev

ery

actio

nof

ours

. We

have

tobe

afra

idto

doso

man

yth

ings

—to

beou

tsid

eaf

ter d

ark,

totr

avel

alon

e,to

step

outs

ide

the

hom

e,to

beal

one

inth

eho

me,

tobe

with

othe

rs, t

oac

know

ledg

eev

ento

ours

elve

sou

row

nde

sire

s—to

love

, to

laug

h,to

live

(Kis

hwar

and

Van

ita19

84:

243)

.

We

mig

htth

eref

ore

expe

ctIn

dian

fem

inis

mto

gene

rate

dist

inct

ive

theo

ries

abou

t vio

lenc

ean

dth

ena

ture

ofa

gend

ersy

stem

that

prod

uced

such

perv

asiv

efe

ar. B

utG

andh

i and

Shah

, who

subt

itled

thei

r boo

kT

heor

yan

dPr

actic

ein

the

Con

tem

pora

ryW

omen

’sM

ovem

ent i

nIn

dia,

foun

dlit

tleth

eore

tica

lw

ork

goin

gon

.W

omen

’sm

ovem

ent

conf

eren

ces,

onth

eir

acco

unt,

focu

sed

onem

piri

cal

docu

men

tati

onof

the

posi

tion

ofw

omen

and

onde

bati

ngpr

oble

ms

ofac

tivis

m. A

ndof

one

occa

sion

whe

nth

ere

was

aco

nsci

ous

atte

mpt

topr

omot

eth

eory

, the

yre

port

ruef

ully

: ‘A

stud

yci

rcle

form

edby

Sha

kti,

aB

omba

yba

sed

reso

urce

cent

re,

todi

scus

san

alyt

ical

conc

epts

such

aspa

tria

rchy

,fe

min

ism

and

itsva

riou

sst

ream

s,ha

dto

clos

edo

wn

for w

ant o

f peo

ple’

(Gan

dhi

and

Shah

1992

: 288

).

Can

anen

erge

tic,d

iver

sean

dcr

eativ

em

ovem

ent,

whi

chis

grap

plin

g

with

issu

esab

out

stat

epo

wer

,ca

ste

ineq

ualit

ies

and

cult

ural

defi

nitio

ns

ofw

omen

’sbo

dies

,fun

ctio

nw

itho

utth

eory

?Pe

rhap

sno

t,be

caus

ese

vera

l

kind

sof

theo

ryw

ere

soon

impo

rted

. One

was

abo

dyof

idea

slo

ngfa

mili

ar

onth

eIn

dian

left

,M

arxi

stpo

liti

cal

econ

omy.

Indi

anfe

min

ists

beca

me

invo

lved

inth

ede

bate

s,al

sofa

mili

arin

the

met

ropo

le,

abou

tpr

oduc

tive

and

unpr

oduc

tive

labo

ur,

wag

esfo

rho

usew

ork,

wom

enas

are

serv

e

arm

yof

labo

ur,

Eng

els

onth

efa

mily

,an

dso

on.

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inst

ance

,G

abri

ele

Die

tric

h(1

992)

, apa

rtic

ipan

tfo

rfo

urte

enye

ars,

devo

ted

ahe

avyw

eigh

t

chap

tero

fher

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lect

ions

onth

eW

omen

’sM

ovem

enti

nIn

dia

toth

ese

idea

s.

She

conc

lude

s,un

surp

risi

ngly

,th

atth

ew

omen

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esti

onca

nnot

be

solv

edw

ithin

capi

talis

m,b

utal

soth

atan

auto

nom

ous

wom

en’s

mov

emen

t

isne

cess

ary.

Oth

erIn

dian

fem

inis

tsre

adth

elit

erat

ure

ofra

dica

lfem

inis

mpr

oduc

ed,

mai

nly

inth

eU

nite

dSt

ates

, in

the

1970

s.T

heco

ncep

t of‘

patr

iarc

hy’

asa

syst

emof

dom

inat

ion

was

arti

cula

ted

byW

omen

’sL

iber

atio

nat

the

star

t

ofth

atde

cade

.N

otlo

ngaf

terw

ards

, Mar

yD

aly,

Susa

nG

riff

in,

Car

olyn

Mer

chan

tan

dot

hers

rew

orke

dth

isid

eain

toa

dich

otom

ous

visi

onof

¶ge

nder

inw

hich

fem

ales

are

peac

eful

,coo

pera

tive

and

clos

eto

natu

rew

hile

mal

esar

eag

gres

sive

,co

mpe

titiv

ean

dho

stile

tona

ture

. Thi

sm

odel

was

pick

edup

byth

ew

oman

who

,af

ter

Spiv

ak,b

ecam

eIn

dia’

sbe

st-k

now

n

fem

inis

tout

side

Indi

a,V

anda

naSh

iva.

InSt

ayin

gAliv

e:W

omen

,Eco

logy

and

Dev

elop

men

t,Sh

iva

(198

9)ap

plie

s

this

mod

el,

her

imm

edia

teso

urce

sbe

ing

Mer

chan

tan

dG

riff

in,

to

envi

ronm

enta

lst

rugg

les

inIn

dia.

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stre

ngth

sof

the

book

incl

ude

a

narr

ativ

eof

the

Chi

pko

fore

stpr

otec

tion

mov

emen

tin

Nor

thIn

dia

sinc

e

1972

,in

whi

chSh

iva

emph

asis

es,i

na

way

Suba

ltern

Stud

ies

neve

rdi

d,th

e

impo

rtan

ceof

wom

enin

loca

lle

ader

ship

.T

hebo

oksh

arpl

ycr

itici

ses

‘Gre

enR

evol

utio

n’ag

ricu

ltur

e,on

the

basi

sof

villa

ge-l

evel

rese

arch

on

sorg

hum

,and

deve

lopm

entp

rogr

ams

that

harv

estw

ater

.Bot

har

ecr

itici

sed

for

disr

upti

ngvi

llage

wom

en’s

labo

uran

dth

ere

prod

ucti

onof

loca

l

com

mun

ities

and

envi

ronm

ents

.T

hese

anal

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,how

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ina

righ

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srh

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men

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dex

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iona

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hell

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kets

,pro

fits

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lopm

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Dev

elop

men

t

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Zac

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min

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isin

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issu

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aso

cial

scie

nce

cons

truc

ted

from

anIn

dian

pers

pect

ive.

ToD

as,

the

key

ques

tion

isho

wto

prac

tise

anth

ropo

logy

inIn

dia.

Eth

nogr

aphi

cre

sear

chis

poss

ible

inon

e’s

own

soci

ety,

give

nad

just

men

ts

ofpe

rspe

ctiv

e,as

rece

ntw

ork

onse

xual

itysh

ows

(Bha

skar

an20

04).

But

clas

sic

ethn

ogra

phic

tech

niqu

epr

esup

pose

sth

eex

iste

nce

ofa

func

tion

ing

com

mun

ity,a

smal

l,tr

adit

ion-

boun

dso

cial

univ

erse

that

isto

beth

eob

ject

ofkn

owle

dge.

Das

stro

ngly

ques

tion

sth

ispr

esup

posi

tion

.O

neof

the

cent

ral

them

esof

her

book

isth

atco

mm

unit

yis

not

apr

e-gi

ven

soci

al

entit

y.C

omm

unit

ies

have

beco

me

polit

ical

acto

rsw

hocl

aim

the

righ

tto

defi

nehi

stor

y,to

regu

late

the

body

, to

enac

tvio

lenc

e.N

ow,‘

the

com

mun

ity

also

colo

nize

sth

elif

e-w

orld

ofth

ein

divi

dual

inth

esa

me

way

asth

est

ate

colo

nize

sth

elif

e-w

orld

ofth

eco

mm

unit

yIn

the

cond

itio

nsof

Indi

an

mod

erni

ty,‘

new

form

atio

nsof

com

mun

ity

and

cultu

reha

veem

erge

d,an

d

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178

South

ern

theo

ryP

ow

er,

vio

len

cean

dth

epai

nof

colo

nia

Hsm

179

inde

edha

vebe

com

eth

esi

tes

ofm

ajor

conf

licts

inco

ntem

pora

ryIn

dian

soci

ety

and

polit

y’(D

as19

95:

12).

The

anth

ropo

logi

stno

wpr

ocee

ds,

not

byim

mer

sion

ina

war

mba

thof

trad

itio

ns,

but

byth

epa

infu

lro

ute

ofst

udyi

ngth

ose

‘maj

orco

nflic

tsT

hem

ain

text

ofC

riti

cal E

vent

sdi

scus

ses

ase

ries

ofco

nflic

tsw

ithin

Indi

anso

ciet

yin

the

last

two

gene

ratio

ns: v

iole

nce

agai

nst w

omen

inth

ePa

rtiti

onof

1947

; the

scan

dalo

usca

seof

aM

uslim

wom

an’s

clai

mfo

rm

aint

enan

cefr

omhe

rdi

vorc

edhu

sban

d;th

eco

nseq

uenc

esof

the

deat

hby

sati

ofa

very

youn

gR

ajpu

t wom

an; t

heem

erge

nce

ofSi

khse

para

tist m

ilita

ncy;

and

the

horr

ifyi

ngch

emic

aldi

sast

erat

Bho

pal

in19

84,

whe

retw

oan

da

half

thou

sand

peop

lew

ere

kille

d,an

dth

ree

hund

red

thou

sand

othe

rsaf

fect

ed,

inth

ew

orst

indu

stri

alac

cide

ntin

hist

ory.

Das

’sac

coun

t of B

hopa

l the

refo

redo

esno

t att

empt

anet

hnog

raph

yof

the

com

mun

itie

sth

atw

ere

deva

stat

edby

the

pois

onga

sle

ak. R

athe

r,sh

efo

cuse

son

the

lega

l bat

tles

that

follo

wed

, and

part

icul

arly

onth

em

edic

alan

dju

dici

alar

gum

ents

and

the

cont

rol o

f kno

wle

dge.

The

rew

aspo

wer

ful

stat

ein

terv

enti

on.

The

Gov

ernm

ent

ofIn

dia

took

over

the

proc

eedi

ngs

agai

nst

the

Uni

onC

arbi

deco

mpa

ny;

the

Mad

hya

Pra

desh

regi

onal

gove

rnm

ent

took

cont

rol

of

clin

ical

info

rmat

ion

abou

tth

eim

pact

;an

dth

eSu

prem

eC

ourt

impo

sed

ase

ttle

men

t(w

hich

man

yth

ough

tra

dica

llyin

adeq

uate

)on

the

com

pany

and

the

vict

ims.

The

med

ical

prof

essi

on, t

oo,

was

deep

lyin

volv

ed,

sett

ing

term

sfo

rth

edi

scus

sion

ofim

pact

and

resp

6nsi

bilit

yth

atm

ade

itim

poss

ible

for m

any

ofth

evi

ctim

sto

esta

blis

hth

eir

case

.T

hus

‘the

suff

erin

gof

surv

ivor

sbe

cam

ean

occa

sion

for

the

exer

cise

ofpo

wer

byth

em

edic

alpr

ofes

sion

’(1

995:

156)

.Y

etth

ispa

les

besi

deth

ele

gal

proc

ess

that

Das

trac

es,

inw

hich

the

voic

esof

the

vict

ims

wer

esi

lenc

edov

era

peri

odof

year

s,an

dth

eir

agen

cyre

plac

edby

gove

rnm

ent

and

judi

cial

man

oeuv

erin

g.T

hede

tails

are

too

com

plex

tore

cite

here

, but

I will

quot

ein

full

Das

’sin

cand

esce

ntsu

mm

ary

ofth

erh

etor

ical

role

that

the

suff

erin

gof

the

peop

leca

me

topl

ay:

The

judg

esw

ere

conc

erne

dto

sign

alth

eir o

wn

hum

anit

yan

dpr

otec

tth

ele

gitim

acy

ofth

eju

dici

alin

stit

utio

nof

whi

chth

eyw

ere

apa

rt.

The

‘suf

feri

ng’

ofth

evi

ctim

sw

asa

usef

ulna

rrat

ive

devi

cew

hich

coul

dbe

evok

edto

expl

ain

why

vict

ims

had

not b

een

cons

ulte

d;w

hyth

eir p

rote

sts

over

the

sett

lem

ent c

ould

bere

defi

ned

asth

eac

tions

ofir

resp

onsi

ble

and

igno

rant

peop

le;

toex

plai

naw

ayth

efa

ctth

atth

e

judg

esha

dno

tfe

ltob

liged

toas

kth

ego

vern

men

tan

dits

med

ical

esta

blis

hmen

t to

plac

efo

rpu

blic

scru

tiny

wha

tit h

adac

com

plis

hed

byw

ayof

reli

efan

dhe

lp;

toig

nore

the

know

ledg

eth

atha

dbe

en

gene

rate

don

the

impa

ctof

the

dead

lyis

ocya

nate

onth

ehe

alth

of

peop

le;

and

fina

lly, t

oob

fusc

ate

the

fact

that

they

had

com

plet

ely

faile

dto

fixre

spon

sibi

lity

for

the

acci

dent

and

had

thus

conv

erte

d

the

issu

eof

mul

tina

tion

allia

bilit

yin

toth

atof

mul

tina

tion

alch

arity

(Das

1995

:16

3).

Das

’san

ger

isob

viou

s—an

dw

hoco

uld

doub

titi

sjus

tifie

d?B

utas

wel

l

asex

pres

sing

her

dism

ayat

the

dire

cour

seof

even

ts,

this

pass

age

also

illus

trat

eshe

rsh

arp

soci

alan

alys

is,

focu

sed

onth

ein

terp

lay

betw

een

disc

ours

ean

din

stitu

tiona

l pow

er. I

nth

eex

erci

seof

lega

land

adm

inis

trat

ive

pow

er, t

hepa

inof

the

mas

spo

ison

ing

vict

ims

istr

ansl

ated

into

the

self-

just

ifyi

ngdi

scou

rse

ofth

ein

stit

utio

ns.

The

stat

e,in

effe

ct,

rede

fine

s

real

ity—

and

not

inth

ein

tere

stof

the

peop

leit

clai

ms

tore

pres

ent.

The

stat

e’s

capa

city

tode

fine

the

situ

atio

nis

also

atis

sue

inD

as’s

acco

unt o

fgen

derv

iole

nce

inth

eP

arti

tion

. The

last

acto

fBri

tish

colo

nial

rule

was

tocu

tIn

dia

into

part

s,an

dth

ein

augu

rati

onof

the

inde

pend

ent

stat

esof

Paki

stan

and

Indi

aw

asac

com

pani

edby

bitt

erco

mm

unal

conf

licts

inw

hich

hund

reds

ofth

ousa

nds

died

,and

man

ym

illio

nsbe

cam

ere

fuge

es

acro

ssth

ene

wbo

rder

s.

Apa

rtic

ular

feat

ure

ofth

ese

even

tsw

asvi

olen

ceby

men

agai

nstw

omen

:

mas

sra

pe,

abdu

ctio

nan

d(r

eput

edly

)m

util

atio

nof

the

wom

enof

the

‘ene

my’

com

mun

ity,

and

hono

urki

lling

sof

the

wom

enof

one’

sow

n

com

mun

ity. D

astr

aces

thes

eev

ents

,esp

ecia

llyam

ong

the

Sikh

and

Hin

du

popu

lati

ons

ofth

ePu

njab

inIn

dia’

sno

rthw

est.

She

read

sth

emas

mov

ing

beyo

ndth

efa

mil

iar

Lév

i-S

trau

ssia

nca

seof

wom

enbe

ing

sign

sin

mat

rim

onia

lexc

hang

esam

ong

men

.In

situ

atio

nsof

cris

is,w

omen

beco

me

sign

sin

am

onst

rous

exch

ange

ofpo

llut

ion

and

hatr

edbe

twee

ngr

oups

of

men

,an

dw

omen

’sbo

dies

beco

me

the

men

’sba

ttle

grou

nd:

‘Hen

ce, e

ach

soug

htto

puni

shth

eot

her

not

only

byin

flic

ting

pain

but

also

,and

mor

e

spec

ially

,on

the

wom

enof

the

othe

rgr

oup

soth

atth

em

emor

yof

indi

gniti

esw

ould

neve

rce

ase

toha

unt

the

futu

re’

(Das

1995

:18

6).

Mah

atm

aG

andh

i’s

long

cam

paig

nfo

rH

indu

—M

uslim

unit

yfa

iled,

and

his

last

cam

paig

nw

asto

try

tost

opth

isvi

olen

ce. F

orth

ishe

was

sile

nced

fore

ver b

ya

Hin

dum

ilit

ant (

Cha

dha

1997

).T

hepo

stco

loni

alG

over

nmen

t

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180

South

ern

theo

ry

ofIn

dia

took

ast

ance

clos

eto

Gan

dhi’

s,an

din

deed

the

mas

svi

olen

cedi

dst

opin

earl

y19

48.

Gov

ernm

ent

then

face

dth

equ

esti

onof

wha

tto

doab

out

the

thou

sand

sof

wom

enw

hoha

dbe

enab

duct

ed.

Das

’sin

vest

igat

ion

ofth

eim

prov

isat

ions

that

follo

wed

prov

ides

abr

illi

ant

acco

unto

fth

eco

mpl

exiti

esof

gend

erre

latio

nsan

dst

ate

pow

er.

The

gove

rnm

ents

ofIn

dia

and

Paki

stan

both

set u

pre

patr

iati

onpr

ogra

ms,

inef

fect

taki

ngin

toth

ere

alm

ofth

est

ate

cons

ider

atio

nsof

puri

tyan

dho

nour

that

had

prev

ious

lybe

enaf

fair

sof

the

fam

ilyor

the

villa

ge.

On

the

Indi

ansi

de, t

hefo

cus

ofD

as’s

rese

arch

, the

gove

rnm

entc

alle

din

soci

alw

orke

rsto

solv

eth

ein

terp

erso

nal

prob

lem

san

dhe

lpw

ith

rese

ttlem

ent.

The

soci

alw

orke

rs, l

ike

the

doct

ors

and

judg

esin

the

Bho

pal

even

ts, b

ecam

eth

eau

thor

itat

ive

voic

esde

fini

ngw

hat

was

good

for

the

wom

enco

ncer

ned.

Tom

ake

the

mac

hine

ryw

ork,

the

stat

ein

this

case

too

rede

fine

dre

ality

,cat

egor

isin

gth

ew

omen

asei

ther

Mus

lim

orH

indu

/Silt

h,ov

erri

ding

allc

ompl

exiti

esof

mix

edaf

filia

tion

orch

angi

ngre

latio

nshi

psan

did

entit

ies.

The

resu

ltin

som

eca

ses—

itis

impo

ssib

leto

know

how

man

y—w

asa

fres

hhu

man

trag

edy

inw

hich

new

rela

tions

hips

and

blen

ded

fam

ilies

wer

eto

rnap

art.

Som

ew

omen

evad

edth

em

achi

nery

and

refu

sed

togo

back

.D

asno

tes

that

the

publ

icsy

mbo

lism

ofre

stor

ing

wom

enan

dch

ildre

nto

thei

rco

mm

unit

yig

nore

dth

ere

silie

nce

ofge

nder

rela

tion

san

dfa

mily

prac

tices

,whi

chin

man

yca

ses

had

alre

ady

achi

eved

are

conc

ilia

tion

. It

also

igno

red

the

ambi

guit

yof

even

ts, i

nw

hich

mix

edm

arri

ages

mig

htbe

anem

erge

ncy

loca

lar

rang

emen

tpr

otec

ting

wom

enof

am

inor

ity

grou

pfr

omth

evi

olen

ceal

l aro

und,

orin

whi

chw

omen

(con

trar

yto

the

ideo

logy

ofpu

rity

)m

ight

actu

ally

pref

erlif

ein

anot

her

com

mun

ity

toho

nour

kill

ing

atth

eha

nds

ofth

eir

mal

ere

lati

ves.

Eve

nin

such

desp

erat

eci

rcum

stan

ces,

Das

argu

es, w

omen

had

ade

gree

ofag

ency

tow

hich

the

offi

cial

inte

rpre

tati

onof

even

tsw

asbl

ind.

Inth

efi

nal c

hapt

ers

ofC

ritic

alEv

ents

, Das

refl

ects

onth

ean

thro

polo

gyof

pain

and

onth

ena

ture

ofso

cial

scie

nce.

She

cons

ider

s,bu

tdo

esno

tac

cept

,th

eso

cial

scie

nce

trad

itio

ngo

ing

back

asfa

ras

Dur

khei

mth

attr

eats

pain

(for

inst

ance

, in

init

iati

on)

asa

mea

nsof

soci

alin

tegr

atio

n,th

atse

esso

cial

rela

tions

insc

ribe

don

the

body

. In

even

tssu

chas

the

Par

titi

onvi

olen

ce, D

assu

gges

ts, s

ocia

l pro

cess

esan

dso

cial

scie

nce

find

alim

it.T

hesi

lenc

ing

ofsp

eech

, oft

heca

paci

tyto

repr

esen

ton

e’s

suff

erin

g,is

part

ofth

ete

rror

itsel

f.T

hese

xual

and

repr

oduc

tive

viol

ence

ofth

ePa

rtiti

on:

Pow

er,

vio

lence

and

the

pai

nof

colo

nia

lism

181

cann

otbe

unde

rsto

odby

taki

ngso

cial

rela

tion

sas

the

mod

elfo

r

unde

rsta

ndin

gei

ther

rela

tion

sbe

twee

npe

rson

s(e

ven

ifth

eyha

d

know

nea

chot

her

prio

rto

the

occu

rren

ceof

thes

eev

ents

),or

by

taki

ngth

ere

latio

nsbe

twee

ndi

ffer

enta

spec

tsof

soci

alst

ruct

ure

(suc

h

aspo

litic

san

dki

nshi

p)as

the

mod

el(D

as19

95: 2

00).

The

seev

ents

wer

eou

tsid

eth

ere

prod

ucti

onof

soci

alre

latio

ns;

peop

le

had

toin

vent

scri

pts.

And

inth

ese

mom

ents

ofte

rror

,the

fate

ofth

epe

ople

invo

lved

,the

good

orba

dou

tcom

es,w

ere

dete

rmin

edby

proc

esse

sbey

ond

hum

anun

ders

tand

ing:

‘It i

sin

this

cont

ext

that

Iha

vego

neag

ains

tth

e

tim

e-ho

nour

edtr

adit

ion

inso

ciol

ogy

tolo

okfo

rm

eani

ngin

the

face

of

suff

erin

g,an

din

stea

dsu

gges

ted

that

ath

eory

ofch

aos

may

befa

rcl

oser

toth

evi

ctim

’sun

ders

tand

ing

ofth

ew

orld

asac

cide

ntal

and

cont

inge

ntin

natu

re’

(Das

1995

:22

).B

utth

atdo

esno

tmea

nw

esh

ould

aban

don

soci

olog

yor

anth

ropo

logy

.

Inon

eof

the

mos

tor

igin

alan

dim

pres

sive

step

sin

her

argu

men

t,D

as

sugg

ests

adi

ffer

entf

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pter

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asbe

en

shap

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anal

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loni

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min

his

mos

tin

flue

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mat

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y(1

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.

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itled

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mat

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my

cons

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dy

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asal

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and

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e,‘a

stat

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inth

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and

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andy

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83: 6

9). A

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tern

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.B

utps

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age

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xpos

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resp

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amon

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prod

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ten

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ting

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ase

cond

-ord

erle

giti

mac

yto

wha

tin

the

dom

inan

tcu

ltur

e

ofth

eco

lony

had

alre

ady

beco

me

the

fina

ldif

fere

nti

aeof

man

line

ss:

aggr

essi

on,

achi

evem

ent,

cont

rol,

com

peti

tion

and

pow

er(N

andy

1983

:9)

.

Such

chal

leng

esw

ere

put

dow

nw

ith

nogr

eat

trou

ble

byth

eB

ritis

h,

who

had

bigg

ergu

nsan

dkn

eww

hatt

odo

with

that

kind

ofop

posi

tion

.

Ano

ther

resp

onse

was

toex

agge

rate

wha

tth

eB

ritis

hse

emed

mos

tto

reje

ct:

Indi

anre

ligi

on.

Thi

sle

din

toan

othe

rtr

ap,

asre

viva

lists

bega

n

tore

cons

truc

tthe

flui

dan

dop

en-e

nded

Hin

dusp

iritu

ality

onth

em

odel

ofC

hris

tian

relig

ion.

Yet

anot

her

resp

onse

was

toad

optt

heB

ritis

hpo

into

f

view

onth

eba

ckw

ardn

ess

ofIn

dian

cultu

rean

dle

apw

hole

hear

tedl

yin

toa

mod

erni

sati

onpr

ogra

m. T

his

mig

htin

volv

eW

este

rn-s

tyle

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olin

g,us

e

ofth

eE

nglis

hla

ngua

gein

the

hom

e,ad

opti

ngW

este

rndr

ess,

conv

ersi

on

toC

hris

tian

ity

orw

orki

ngfo

rth

eco

loni

alre

gim

e.

The

rew

ere

man

yco

mbi

nati

ons

ofth

ese

resp

onse

s.N

andy

trac

esth

em

thro

ugh

short

case

stud

ies

ofin

tell

ectu

als,

such

asth

eno

veli

st

Ban

kim

chan

dra

Cha

tter

jee,

men

tion

edab

ove,

who

wor

ked

his

way

thro

ugh

ale

ft-w

ing

posi

tivis

min

the

styl

eof

John

Stu

artM

illto

acu

ltof

Kri

shna

stru

ctur

edon

Eur

opea

nlin

es(C

hatt

erje

e19

86).

Nan

dy’s

mos

t

sust

aine

dan

alys

isis

ofSr

iAur

obin

do,t

hefi

rstm

oder

nIn

dian

guru

inth

e

sens

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bein

gle

ader

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auth

orit

aria

ncu

lt.

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the

late

nine

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ror

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aken

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ult

wor

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his

way

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avi

olen

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impe

rial

ism

. He

retu

rned

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dia,

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onal

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ern

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Cha

tterj

ee’s

imag

ery

ofIn

dia

asa

mot

her

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by19

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ahi

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orld

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ngly

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Nan

dyob

serv

es:

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isim

poss

ible

tore

adth

elif

eof

Aur

obin

dow

itho

utse

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gth

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nner

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inw

hich

wen

twith

impe

rial

ism

inIn

dia’

—pa

inex

peri

ence

din

the

fam

ily, i

ned

ucat

ion,

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allo

win

gon

lya

reso

lutio

nin

mys

ticis

m,

atfi

rst

poli

tica

lan

dth

encu

lt-lik

e.N

andy

take

sth

isas

apo

inte

rto

aw

ider

cultu

ral

repo

nse,

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hich

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anso

ciet

yre

spon

ded

toth

eim

poss

ibili

ties

ofco

loni

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min

atio

nw

ith

absu

rdit

ies

and

con

tra

dict

ions

.In

ave

rych

arac

teri

stic

pass

age,

hew

rite

s:

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the

wor

ldof

aba

nk-c

lerk

who

secr

etly

wri

tes

poet

ryan

dei

ther

hide

sit

from

apr

osai

cw

orld

orco

mic

ally

affi

rms

itfr

omth

ehouse

top

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som

e,po

etry

ison

lypo

etry

and

clow

nsar

eon

lycl

owns

...To

othe

rs,

poet

ry—

and

fool

ing—

coul

dal

sobe

ase

cret

defi

ance

,a

reaf

firm

atio

nof

the

righ

tst

ate

ofm

ind

ina

hard

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ascu

line,

anti-

poet

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orld

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ianc

ene

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tal

way

sbe

self

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scio

us.I

tnee

dno

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ays

back

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arde

nt, m

urde

rous

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alpa

ssio

nsin

whi

chth

em

onot

heis

tic

fait

hs,

and

incr

easi

ngly

the

mor

em

oder

nan

dna

tiona

listv

ersi

ons

ofH

indu

ism

,spe

cial

ize

(198

3:98

).

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chbr

ings

us,

asit

brou

ght

Nan

dy,

toM

ohan

das

Kar

amch

and

Gan

dhi:

‘one

of

the

few

who

succ

essf

ully

arti

cula

ted

inpo

liti

csth

eco

nsci

ousn

ess

whi

chha

dre

mai

ned

unta

med

byB

riti

shru

lein

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a’(1

983:

100)

.G

andh

iis

the

cent

ral

figu

rein

The

Inti

mat

eE

nem

y,an

din

Nan

dy’s

wor

kas

aw

hole

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eis

pres

ent

not

asth

eex

empl

arof

any

cult

ural

orps

ycho

logi

cal

patt

ern,

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asth

epe

rson

who

crac

ked

the

code

ofco

loni

alis

m,w

hodi

scov

ered

the

way

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dead

-end

sth

atha

dde

feat

edal

loth

erH

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refo

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s.H

ew

asth

epe

rson

who

foun

d‘t

heri

ght

stat

eof

min

d’an

dm

ade

itno

ta

secr

etde

fian

cebu

tapu

blic

ethi

can

da

polit

ical

prog

ram

.

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wer

,v

iole

nce

and

the

pai

nof

colo

nia

lism

187

Gan

dhi’

sor

igin

ality

isno

teas

ilyap

prec

iate

dfr

omou

tsid

eIn

dia.

He

is

popu

larl

yse

enas

the

arch

etyp

alm

ild-

man

nere

dpa

cifi

st,o

ras

som

eone

who

reje

cted

mod

ern

tech

nolo

gyin

favo

urof

the

sim

ple

life.

Nei

ther

imag

eis

who

llytr

ue,

and

neit

her

capt

ures

Gan

dhi’

shi

ghly

soph

istic

ated

resp

onse

toco

loni

alis

m.T

oN

andy

,Gan

dhi’

sor

igin

ality

lay

inhi

sre

alis

atio

n

that

tofi

ght

colo

nial

ism

onth

ete

rms

colo

nial

ism

had

crea

ted

was

tobe

defe

ated

from

the

star

t.O

neha

dto

step

outs

ide

the

logi

cof

bein

ga

play

er

orco

unte

r-pl

ayer

inth

esy

stem

.

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reso

urce

for

this

was

pres

ent

not

inth

eel

itecu

ltur

esto

whi

ch

earl

ier

refo

rmer

sha

dap

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ed,

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indu

ism

they

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n

desp

ised

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dhi

and

his

supp

orte

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mas

spo

litic

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aki

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e

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atio

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ongr

ess

befo

rehi

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ver

imag

ined

,and

whi

chth

e

Bri

tish

regi

me

coul

dne

ithe

run

ders

tand

nor

cont

rol.

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met

hods

of

saty

agra

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nIn

dia

aspr

evio

usly

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uth

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ica,

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ece

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peac

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tthe

sam

etim

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hey

forc

edth

esy

stem

tore

veal

itsvi

olen

ce,

and

reve

alits

failu

re.

Ref

usin

gth

eno

rms

ofco

loni

alcu

ltur

e,re

fusi

ng

hege

mon

icm

ascu

linity

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oder

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tion

and

scie

ntif

icra

tion

alit

yas

wel

l

asw

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dof

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andh

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legi

tim

ised

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impe

rial

syst

em.

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abe

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e,to

use

am

ore

rece

ntte

rm,

ungo

vern

able

by

the

Bri

tish.

But

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dhi

did

mor

eth

anin

vent

saty

agra

ha

and

mak

ein

dia

ungo

vern

able

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ispo

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csw

ere

base

don

anet

hic

that

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efo

lkH

indu

cultu

re,w

asge

nuin

ely

incl

usiv

e.G

andh

i’s

fam

ous

joke

agai

nstt

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est—

aske

dby

ajo

urna

list

wha

the

thou

ghto

fEur

opea

nci

vilis

atio

n,he

repl

ied:

Ithi

nkit

wou

ldbe

ago

odid

ea’—

was

alit

tleun

char

acte

rist

ic.A

sN

andy

puti

t in

anot

her

essa

y:‘T

heba

sic

assu

mpt

ion

here

isth

atth

ede

hum

aniz

ed

tyra

ntis

asm

uch

avi

ctim

ofhi

ssy

stem

asth

ose

tyra

nniz

ed;h

eha

sto

be

[lib

erat

ed,t

oo’

(Nan

dy19

87: 3

5).F

arfr

omre

ject

ing

the

colo

nisi

ngpe

ople

,

relig

ion

and

cultu

re,G

andh

isea

rche

din

them

for

supp

ortiv

eth

emes

and

inde

edfo

und

som

e.T

hey

incl

uded

the

prin

cipl

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non-

viol

ence

itsel

f,

whi

chhe

clai

med

toha

vefo

und

noti

nth

eH

indu

scri

ptur

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tin

Jesu

s’s

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onon

the

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nt.

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ethi

cal

and

cult

ural

incl

usiv

enes

sth

at,

for

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dy,

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ishe

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ojec

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omth

atof

all

othe

rm

ajor

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ers

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em

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me

topo

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in19

47.A

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gitim

ate

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dia,

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ting

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ting

cultu

reev

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mat

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dian

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ked

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dity

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capa

city

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corp

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der

colo

nial

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real

ism

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d‘a

cert

ain

tale

ntfo

ran

dfa

ith

inlif

e’(1

983:

109—

10),

whi

char

efo

und

inab

unda

nce

inIn

dia

npopula

rcu

ltu

re.

Itw

asju

stth

isunher

oic

stre

ngth

and

capa

city

for

surv

ival

onw

hich

Gan

dhi

buil

tth

esa

tyag

rahi

mod

elof

resi

stan

ce.

Her

e,N

andy

take

sa

muc

hro

sier

view

ofth

epo

wer

and

auto

nom

yof

loca

l pop

ular

cult

ure

than

Gar

cia

Can

clin

ido

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Mex

ico

(see

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pter

7).

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isbo

okan

dot

her

essa

ysw

ritt

enab

out

the

sam

eti

me,

Nan

dvde

fend

sa

view

ofco

loni

alis

man

da

mod

elof

antic

olon

ial p

oliti

csth

atar

ea

long

way

from

the

insu

rrec

tion

ist p

oliti

csof

Fano

n,G

ueva

raor

Shar

iati.

Inhi

s19

78es

say’

Tow

ards

aT

hird

Wor

ldU

topi

a’, h

ecr

itici

ses

Fano

n’s

idea

ofcl

eans

ing

viol

ence

asbe

ing

inse

nsiti

veto

the

cult

ural

resi

stan

ceof

the

oppr

esse

d(N

andy

1987

:33

).H

eco

nsid

ers

this

stra

tegy

ofop

posi

tion

tobe

cont

aine

dw

ithi

nth

elo

gic

ofco

loni

alis

m,

repr

oduc

ing

itshyper

mas

culi

nity

,cu

ltof

viol

ence

,lo

ssof

emoti

onal

connec

tion

and

dehu

man

isat

ion

ofen

emie

s.N

andy

’scr

itiq

ueof

the

post

colo

nial

stat

eis

clos

ely

conn

ecte

dw

ithhi

san

alys

isof

scie

nce.

Ina

key

essa

y,‘S

cien

ce, A

utho

rita

rian

ism

and

Cul

ture

wri

tten

in19

80, h

ede

velo

psa

crit

ique

ofth

ecu

ltur

eof

scie

nce

asba

sed

onth

eps

ycho

logi

cal

mec

hani

smof

‘iso

latio

n’—

that

is,t

hese

para

tion

ofco

gnit

ion

from

affe

ct(N

andy

1987

:95

—12

6).

Psyc

holo

gica

lde

tach

men

tfr

omth

eob

ject

ofst

udy

was

cruc

ial i

nal

low

ing

Wes

tern

scie

nce

tode

velo

p.B

utsc

ienc

eis

now

entw

ined

with

pow

erfu

l tec

hnol

ogie

san

dal

igne

dw

ithth

est

ate

and

itsru

ling

elite

s.Sc

ienc

eha

sbe

com

ea

key

toth

edo

min

ant

ideo

logy

ofth

epo

stco

loni

alst

ate,

legi

tim

atin

gth

evi

olen

ceth

atis

cons

tant

lydo

nein

the

nam

eof

econ

omic

deve

lopm

ent.

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dyev

iden

tly

sees

the

isol

atio

nof

know

ledg

efr

omem

otio

n,ab

stra

cted

perc

epti

ons

ofth

ew

orld

, and

com

mit

men

t to

prog

ram

sra

ther

than

peop

le,

asa

very

gene

ral

path

olog

yo

fm

oder

nise

dcu

ltur

es.

In

‘Tow

ards

aT

hird

Wor

ldU

topi

a’he

rem

arks

onho

wth

em

oder

nW

est:

has

also

popu

lari

zed

ade

vast

atin

gly

ster

ileco

ncep

tofa

uton

omy

and

indi

vidu

alis

mw

hich

has

incr

easi

ngly

atom

ized

the

Wes

tern

indi

vidu

al.M

any

non-

Wes

tern

obse

rver

sof

the

cultu

reof

the

mod

ern

Wes

t..

.ha

vebe

enst

ruck

byth

ew

ayco

ntra

ctua

l,co

mpe

titi

ve

indi

vidu

alis

m—

and

the

utte

rlo

neli

ness

whi

chfl

ows

from

it—

dom

inat

esth

eW

este

rnm

ass

soci

ety

(Nan

dy19

87:

50).

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late

res

say,

‘Cul

ture

,Voi

cean

dD

evel

opm

ent

Nan

dysu

gges

tsth

at

the

ideo

logy

ofm

oder

nisa

tion

isen

tren

ched

inth

epo

stco

loni

alm

iddl

e

clas

ses

and

inth

epo

stco

loni

alst

ate,

whi

chis

now

—at

leas

tin

the

case

of

Indi

aan

dSr

iLan

ka—

mor

ede

velo

pmen

talis

ttha

nit

was

atin

depe

nden

ce.

And

this

ideo

logy

ispr

ofou

ndly

dest

ruct

ive

ofpr

e-ex

istin

gcu

lture

s.N

ot

that

itob

liter

ates

them

;rat

her,

deve

lopm

enti

deol

ogy

sele

cts

from

exis

ting

cultu

res

thos

eas

pect

sth

atun

derw

rite

‘the

psyc

holo

gica

lde

man

dsof

rnod

erni

tyIt

redu

ces

indi

geno

uskn

owle

dge

to‘t

rans

ient

coun

ter-

syst

ems’

that

surv

ive

inco

rner

s,no

mor

eth

anm

inor

irri

tant

sto

the

posi

tive

scie

nces

link

edw

ith

the

deve

lopm

enta

list

stat

e.So

vict

ims

ofth

e

deve

lopm

entp

roce

ssha

vedi

ffic

ulty

infi

ndin

ga

voic

eth

atca

nac

tual

lybe

hear

d(N

andy

2003

:15

1—70

).N

andy

does

not

reje

ctde

alin

gw

ithth

eW

est,

nor

even

adop

ting

larg

e

part

sof

Wes

tern

cultu

re.L

ike

A1-

eA

hmad

,he

thin

ksth

atis

unav

oida

ble.

Ash

ew

rote

inhi

ses

say

onT

agor

e,co

loni

alis

mfr

actu

red

the

selv

esof

thos

e

Indi

ans

who

wer

eex

pose

dto

the

colo

nial

syst

em,a

ndse

tup

the

Wes

tas

‘acr

ucia

lvec

tor

wit

hin

the

Indi

anse

lf’(N

andy

2004

:23

3).

The

ques

tion

ison

wha

tte

rms

that

‘vec

tor’

isin

corp

orat

ed,a

ndw

hat

coun

ter-

forc

eske

epits

path

olog

ies

wit

hin

boun

ds.G

andh

iand

Tag

ore,

in

thei

rda

y,fo

und

anan

swer

info

rms

ofpa

trio

tism

that

wer

eno

tnat

iona

list,

and

inun

iver

salis

teth

ics

supe

rior

toth

ecl

aim

sof

colo

nial

ideo

logy

.Can

such

aso

luti

onbe

foun

dno

w?

Nan

dy’s

dist

inct

iven

ess

asa

theo

rist

flow

sfr

omhi

sco

nsta

ntw

eavi

ng

toge

ther

ofps

ycho

logi

cal

argu

men

tw

ithan

alys

isof

cultu

rean

dpo

litic

s.

In‘T

owar

da

Thi

rdW

orld

Uto

pia’

here

mar

ksth

at:‘

No

visi

onof

the

futu

re

can

igno

reth

atin

stit

utio

nals

uffe

ring

touc

hes

the

deep

estc

ore

ofhu

man

bein

gs,a

ndth

atso

ciet

ies

mus

twor

kth

roug

hth

ecu

lture

and

psyc

holo

gy

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190

South

ern

theo

ry

ofsu

chsu

ffer

ing,

inad

diti

onto

itspo

liti

csan

dec

onom

ics’

(Nan

dy19

87:

26).

Nan

dy’s

posi

tion

isno

tso

muc

ha

dogm

atic

psyc

holo

gism

asa

very

cons

iste

nthu

man

ism

,a

resp

ect

for

ordi

nary

lives

and

ever

yday

expe

rien

ce.

Con

trar

yto

wha

tso

ciol

ogis

tsm

ight

expe

ct,

Nan

dy’s

psyc

holo

gism

does

not l

ead

toan

over

-em

phas

ison

the

indi

vidu

al. N

andy

alw

ays

assu

mes

the

pers

onal

ispo

litic

al,

that

larg

erst

ruct

ures

are

impl

icat

edin

pers

onal

expe

rien

ce.

Inde

ed,

one

ofhi

sm

ost

star

tlin

gan

dpo

wer

ful

argu

men

tsis

abou

t the

psyc

holo

gica

l tie

sth

atbi

ndco

loni

alor

glob

alsy

stem

sto

geth

er—

for

inst

ance

, ‘th

ein

diss

olub

lebo

ndbe

twee

nth

efu

ture

ofth

epe

riph

erie

sof

the

wor

ldan

dth

atof

the

appa

rent

lyau

tono

mou

s,po

wer

ful,

pros

pero

us,

impe

rial

cent

res’

(Nan

dy19

87:

52).

Cle

arly

deri

ved

from

Gan

dhi’

set

hica

lco

ncer

nfo

rth

eB

riti

sh,

Nan

dy’s

argu

men

tsre

peat

edly

emph

asis

eth

eps

ycho

logi

cal

inte

rpla

ybe

twee

nco

loni

ser

and

colo

nise

d,be

twee

nde

velo

pers

and

deve

lope

d,be

twee

ngl

obal

rich

and

glob

alpo

or.

Wha

tm

etho

dar

eth

ese

conc

lusi

ons

base

don

?N

andy

deve

lops

som

eof

his

idea

sin

clos

ean

alys

esof

lite

rary

wor

ksor

film

s,po

litic

alm

ovem

ents

orbi

ogra

phie

sof

inte

llect

uals

. Som

eof

his

argu

men

t isb

ased

onem

piri

cal

wor

k—fo

rin

stan

ce, o

nth

eP

arti

tion

killi

ngs.

But

heis

also

very

free

with

swee

ping

gene

rali

sati

ons,

hypo

thes

esan

dgu

esse

s.H

eci

tes

appr

ovin

gly

Gan

dhi’

sdi

sdai

nfo

rhi

stor

yas

am

ode

ofkn

owle

dge,

and

his

pref

eren

cefo

rm

yth.

Itis

ofte

nun

clea

rho

ww

eca

nkn

oww

heth

eror

not

Nan

dyis

righ

t.H

isar

gum

ents

dono

t fac

e—as

, say

, the

Thi

rdW

orld

insu

rrec

tioni

sts

did—

ahar

dte

stof

prac

tice.

The

rear

eso

me

trou

blin

glim

itsto

Nan

dy’s

thou

ght.

InT

heIn

tim

ate

Ene

my,

the

cast

listw

asal

mos

ten

tire

lym

ale;

the

only

wom

anto

play

asi

gnif

ican

tro

lew

asth

esn

eaky

Fre

nchw

oman

inSr

iA

urob

indo

’sta

le.

Nan

dyde

velo

ped

anor

igin

alan

dim

port

ant a

rgum

ent a

bout

mas

culin

ity,

and

was

also

inte

rest

edin

fem

inin

ity

and

andr

ogyn

y,bu

t am

ong

men

not

wom

en.

Eve

nin

the

rece

ntco

llec

tion

The

Rom

ance

ofth

eS

tate

(Nan

dy20

03),

half

the

popu

lati

onof

Indi

ase

ems

tobe

mis

sing

.T

heA

ustr

alia

nth

eori

stP

hill

ipD

arby

(200

5)ha

sno

ted

that

Nan

dyw

ishe

sto

spea

kbe

yond

the

Indi

ansi

tuat

ion,

that

heis

‘atte

ntiv

eto

the

poss

ibili

ties

ofcr

eativ

ech

ange

with

indo

min

ant c

olle

ctiv

ities

’ But

how

can

this

bedo

ne?

InT

heIn

tim

ate

Ene

my,

Nan

dyem

phas

ises

the

loca

l roo

tsof

Gan

dhi’

sst

rate

gy,

itsco

nnec

tion

wit

hpo

pula

rH

indu

ism

asw

ell

asits

tail

orin

gto

Bri

tish

cult

ure.

Yet

hela

ter

uses

this

stra

tegy

asa

basi

sfo

r

rP

ow

er,

vio

len

cean

dth

ep

ain

ofco

lonia

lism

191

criti

cisi

ngF

anon

—in

deed

,re

volu

tion

ists

and

deve

lopm

enta

list

son

a

glob

alsc

ale.

Thi

slin

eof

thou

ghth

asre

cent

lybe

enpu

shed

abou

t as

far

as

itw

illgo

byV

inay

Lal i

nE

mpi

reof

Kno

wle

dge

(200

2).

Con

quer

edcu

ltur

esm

aybe

insi

mila

rsi

tuat

ions

inre

lati

onto

stat

esan

dgl

obal

capi

talis

m.

But

that

isno

tal

way

sso

,as

Car

doso

and

Fale

ttosh

owed

bym

appi

ngdi

ffer

ent

patt

erns

ofde

pend

ency

(Cha

pter

7).

Con

quer

edcu

ltur

esce

rtai

nly

dono

tal

lha

veth

esa

me

hist

ory

and

capa

citie

sfo

rm

obil

isat

ion.

Gan

dhi,

asto

nish

ingl

y,br

ough

tsa

tyag

rahi

mov

emen

tsto

ade

gree

ofsu

cces

sin

two

coun

trie

s:So

uth

Afr

ica

and

Indi

a.

Cou

ldev

enG

andh

ido

itag

ain?

Nan

dype

rhap

sov

er-e

mph

asis

eson

est

rate

gyof

oppo

siti

onbe

caus

ehe

tend

sto

hom

ogen

ise

pow

er.

The

dow

nsid

eof

his

psyc

holo

gica

lso

phis

tica

tion

isa

rath

erst

ereo

type

dvi

ewof

the

stat

e,an

da

blan

knes

s

abou

tmod

ern

corp

orat

eca

pita

lism

.The

dow

nsid

eof

his

enth

usia

smfo

rpo

pula

rre

ligio

nis

,as

Sark

ar(1

997:

98)

obse

rves

,an

exag

gera

ted

host

ility

tose

cula

rism

.In

Nan

dy’s

crit

ique

ofde

velo

pmen

talis

m,

itis

diff

icul

tto

see

why

larg

enu

mbe

rsof

peop

le,

not

just

the

mid

dle

clas

s,do

supp

ort

deve

lopm

ent

proj

ects

and

the

gove

rnm

ents

that

purs

ueth

em.A

ndit

isdi

ffic

ult t

ose

ein

Nan

dy’s

argu

men

tsth

egr

ound

son

whi

ch—

apo

intD

asan

dSa

rkar

clea

rly

note

—su

balte

rngr

oups

mig

htus

est

ate

lega

lpro

cedu

res

orm

oder

nist

‘rig

hts’

idea

sto

chal

leng

eth

eop

pres

sion

they

expe

rien

ce.I

nth

iser

aof

tran

snat

iona

lcap

italis

m,I

sugg

est,

we

need

toco

mbi

neN

andy

’sw

onde

rful

unde

rsta

ndin

gof

psyc

ho-c

ultu

ralp

roce

sses

with

am

ore

robu

st

and

nuan

ced

anal

ysis

ofin

stit

utio

ns.