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Securitising monstrous bottoms in the age of posthuman carnivalesque? : decolonising the environment, human beings & African heritages /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Nhemachena, Artwell (Editor), Mawere, Munyaradzi (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Mankon, Bamenda, North West Region, Cameroon : Langaa RPCIG, [2020]
Subjects:
Decolonization > Africa.
National security > Africa.
Human security > Africa.
Africa > Social conditions > 1960-
Africa > Economic conditions > 1960-
Since 1960
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • About the Authors
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Chapter One: Security in the Age of Post-Humanist Relational Ontologies? A Decolonial Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Securitising posthuman actors
  • Conceptualising security
  • Posthumanism and insecurities arising from imperial entanglements and assemblages
  • Relationality and the disposability of insecure human subjects
  • Outlines of the chapters
  • References
  • Chapter Two: Theorising Staticide and Imperial Escapist Security: A Decolonial Perspective
  • Introduction
  • Manufacturing state-phobia: Culling Africans from sovereignty and autonomy
  • Imperial escapism and genocide
  • Camouflaging evil via relational theories: Sensing an oncoming 21st century genocide
  • Empire in escapist mode: Distinguishing the security of slave-drivers from that of the enslaved
  • Ontological insecurity: The security of the enslaved and colonised
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter Three: Technology, New Eugenics and the 21st Century Colonial Comeback: Implications for African Security
  • Introduction
  • Eugenics, the old and the new chains of enslavement: The colonial comeback
  • Chained in the Internet of Things
  • Chipification and cheapification of African lives and institutions
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter Four: Colonial Religious Terrorism and the Desecration of African Sacred Groves/Shrines: Implications for African Human Security in Matabeleland Region, Zimbabwe
  • Introduction
  • An overview of missionary stations in Matabeleland
  • The cosmo-vision of African religion and spirituality
  • Effects of colonial missionaries on Matabeleland sacred groves and shrines
  • Effects of colonial missionaries on sacred groves and shrines in Matabeleland South Province
  • Effects of colonial missionaries on sacred groves and shrines in Matabeleland North Province
  • Revitalisation strategies of African religion
  • References
  • Chapter Five: Entanglements Between State, Human and Environmental Security? Implications for Africans
  • State security
  • Human security
  • Environmental security
  • Pre-colonial African states and the entanglements of state, human and environmental security
  • Constricted colonial 'state security'
  • Dawn of independence
  • State, human and environmental security nexuses in post colonial Africa
  • Nigeria's Niger Delta states
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter Six: Socio-economic and Environmental Insecurity in Zimbabwe: The Case of Chinese Mining Activities in Marange
  • History of economic and political relations between China andZimbabwe
  • Environmental sustainability
  • Social sustainability
  • Economic sustainability
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter Seven: Towards the Securitisation of African Sacred Dance Practices: The Case of Neocolonial Destruction of Mhande in Zimbabwe
  • Introduction