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Research paper thumbnail of What is Africanness? Contesting nativism in race, culture and sexualities by Charles Ngwena

Journal of juridical science, Aug 23, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Critique of Black Reason

South African Historical Journal, 2018

Under the evocative power of the term Black, the modern imagination swirls in an endless enervati... more Under the evocative power of the term Black, the modern imagination swirls in an endless enervating flow of meaning. At the moment of invocation the term calls forth a phalanx of meaning-producing ...

Research paper thumbnail of What is Africanness? Contesting nativism in race, culture and sexualities by Charles Ngwena

Journal for Juridical Science, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of An Old Materialism for a New Ground in advance

Philosophy Today, Dec 31, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Citizen youth: culture, activism, and agency in a neoliberal era

Critical Arts, 2014

"What are the ties that bind the ‘good youth citizen’ and the youth activist in the twenty-f... more "What are the ties that bind the ‘good youth citizen’ and the youth activist in the twenty-first century? Contemporary young people are encouraged -- through education and other cultural sites -- to ‘save the world’ via community projects that resemble activism, yet increasingly risk arrest for public acts of dissent.Citizen Youth: culture, activism, and agency in a neoliberal era goes to the heart of these contradictions, exploring the dilemmas and cultural dynamics of being young and politically engaged. Through an ethnographic study of young people working on activist causes across the three largest urban centres in one of the wealthiest nations in the world (Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, Canada), this book draws on Bourdieusian cultural sociology, feminist theories of agency, phenomenology, and political theories of the state and neoliberalism to understand what it means to be a certain kind of youth citizen in the twenty-first century. Accessibly written yet theoretically engaged, the book will be of interest to individuals both within academia and in the wider world of social movements and youth engagement. "This richly theorised, fascinating study of young activists should be read by all social scientists. It reinvigorates debates on social movements and the problem of youth, whilst providing a much-needed antidote to the current pessimism about the possibilities of activism and the political engagement of young people." --Diane Reay, Professor of Education, Cambridge University"

Research paper thumbnail of What is Africanness? Contesting nativism in race, culture and sexualities by Charles Ngwena

Journal of juridical science, Aug 23, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Critique of Black Reason

South African Historical Journal, 2018

Under the evocative power of the term Black, the modern imagination swirls in an endless enervati... more Under the evocative power of the term Black, the modern imagination swirls in an endless enervating flow of meaning. At the moment of invocation the term calls forth a phalanx of meaning-producing ...

Research paper thumbnail of What is Africanness? Contesting nativism in race, culture and sexualities by Charles Ngwena

Journal for Juridical Science, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of An Old Materialism for a New Ground in advance

Philosophy Today, Dec 31, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Citizen youth: culture, activism, and agency in a neoliberal era

Critical Arts, 2014

"What are the ties that bind the ‘good youth citizen’ and the youth activist in the twenty-f... more "What are the ties that bind the ‘good youth citizen’ and the youth activist in the twenty-first century? Contemporary young people are encouraged -- through education and other cultural sites -- to ‘save the world’ via community projects that resemble activism, yet increasingly risk arrest for public acts of dissent.Citizen Youth: culture, activism, and agency in a neoliberal era goes to the heart of these contradictions, exploring the dilemmas and cultural dynamics of being young and politically engaged. Through an ethnographic study of young people working on activist causes across the three largest urban centres in one of the wealthiest nations in the world (Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, Canada), this book draws on Bourdieusian cultural sociology, feminist theories of agency, phenomenology, and political theories of the state and neoliberalism to understand what it means to be a certain kind of youth citizen in the twenty-first century. Accessibly written yet theoretically engaged, the book will be of interest to individuals both within academia and in the wider world of social movements and youth engagement. "This richly theorised, fascinating study of young activists should be read by all social scientists. It reinvigorates debates on social movements and the problem of youth, whilst providing a much-needed antidote to the current pessimism about the possibilities of activism and the political engagement of young people." --Diane Reay, Professor of Education, Cambridge University"

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