africa in the global context

Question 1

explain western society

Answer 1

a society that is developed, industrialised, urbanised, capitalist, secular and modern

Question 2

how does the west function

Answer 2

1. classify societies into different categories
2. images that condense different characteristics of different societies into one picture
3. west becomes a standard model of comparison
4. provides criteria of evaluation against which other societies are measure against

Question 3

what effects did the idea of the west have?

Answer 3

it enabled people to know or speak in a certain way about certain things.

Question 4

what was the first stage of expansion

Answer 4

period of exploration, when Europe ‘discovered’ many ‘new worlds’ for itself

Question 5

what was the second stage of expansion

Answer 5

period of early colonialisation, conquest and settlement where these ‘new worlds’ were annexed to Europe through possessions

Question 6

what was the third stage of expansion

Answer 6

permanent European settlement, colonialization, or exploitation was established

Question 7

what was the fourth stage of expansion

Answer 7

scramble for colonies, markets, and raw materials reached its climax

Question 8

what was the fifth stage of expansion

Answer 8

the present when much of the world is economically dependent on the west

Question 9

what is a discourse

Answer 9

a discourse is a group of statements that construct a topic in a certain way. a discourse is always implicated in power.

Question 10

what is the first stage of Foucalt’s theory of discourse?

Answer 10

a discourse can be produced by many individuals in different institutional settings

Question 11

what is the second stage of Foucalt’s theory of discourse?

Answer 11

discourses draws on other elements of other discourses

Question 12

what is the third stage of Foucalt’s theory of discourse?

Answer 12

relationships between discourses between them must be regular and systematic, not random

Question 13

decolonial theory

Answer 13

a theory that attempts to bring a critical awareness of logic of coloniality, provide a critique and take action to overcome coloniality

Question 14

coloniality

Answer 14

structured, political, economic, social and cultural legacies of colonialism that continue to shape the formerly colonised countries and the global order as a whole in the present

Question 15

coloniality of power

Answer 15

structured inequalities in the economic and political power relations between global north and south

Question 16

coloniality of knowledge

Answer 16

the dominance of knowledge and policy ideas that come from the global north and south

Question 17

neo-liberalism

Answer 17

based on free market capitalism, minimal state intervention

Question 18

coloniality of being

Answer 18

colonial legacy of categorising human being into various hierarchies based on race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality

Question 19

human subjectivity

Answer 19

the understanding of who we are as human beings

Question 20

coloniality of gender

Answer 20

colonial legacies of gender role discrimination and division

Question 21

primitive accumulation

Answer 21

separation of the majority of producers from the means of production especially land