¿Globalizando África?: Observaciones desde un continente incómodo

• Autores: James Ferguson
• Localización: Relaciones internacionales, ISSN-e 1699-3950, Nº. 26, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Resistencias y aportaciones africanas a las Relaciones Internacionales / coord. por Jorge Reig Alamillo, Iván Navarro Milián, Carlos Tabernero Holgado), págs. 105-127
• Idioma: español
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  • español

    En el primer capítulo del compendio de trabajos de James Ferguson entre 1990 y 2005, el autor desafía la concepción unívoca de la globalización como un todo uniforme, brillante y redondo a través del ejemplo del continente africano, al que define como un ente incómodo y, por ello, olvidado en buena parte de los estudios centrales de la globalización en los últimos años. Así, y gracias a las resistencias y diferentes perspectivas sobre lo global en África, el autor destapa las aristas del concepto de la globalización y deja espacio para nuevas formas de entender la realidad internacional de este tiempo.

  • English

    In the first chapter of the compendium of works by James Ferguson between 1990 and 2005, the author challenges the univocal conception of globalization as a uniform whole, bright and round, through the example of the African continent, which he defines as being uncomfortable and therefore neglected in much of the core studies of globalization in recent years. Thanks to the resistance and different perspectives about the global in Africa, the author uncovers the fractures of the concept of globalization and makes room for new ways of understanding the international reality of this time.

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