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The Evolution of the West

audiobook The Evolution of the West by Nick Spencer in History

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Based on a decade the author spent among the African-Caribbean "Creole" people on Nicaragua's southern Caribbean coast; Disparate Diasporas is a study of identity formation and politics in that community. Edmund Gordon lived in Bluefields; Nicaragua; during most of the 1980s; a turbulent period during which he participated in the community's search for solutions to problems ranging from a crumbling economic base to the mutual mistrust and animosity between most Creole people and the Sandinista revolutionary government. Disparate Diasporas is not a conventional ethnography. Rather than being just an observer; Gordon actively participated in the life of the community; intent on contributing to its political processes. A basic premise of his book is that engagement and activity can enhance ethnographic insights and sharpen theoretical understanding. Disparate Diasporas shows how a particular "Black" community can evolve distinct types of diasporic consciousness; and; depending on the historical moment; how different types of memories; consciousness; and politics come to predominate. The author uses the Gramscian notion of "common sense" to understand the Creole community's history of shifting politics and ideologies; focusing on the period of the 1970s and 1980s. His work explains the inability of the Sandinistas to come to terms with the racial and cultural challenge to the Nicaraguan nation posed by the Creole community.


#90977 in Books imusti 2016-09-15 2016-09-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 7.80 x .46 x 5.08l; .84 #File Name: 0281075204204 pagesSPCK


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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Well balanced and thoughtful review of Christianity's influence on rule ...By CustomerWell balanced and thoughtful review of Christianity's influence on rule of law; establishment of legal rights of free men and commoners; the Enlightenment; and modern democratic institutions. He points out that freedom of thought and expression did not simple come into being with the Enlightenment. As we were once taught; Western Civilization was born from Germanic; Christian; and Greco-Roman influences. He freely points out the sins of the church but balances this with the more efficacious influences as well.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great book. Author is a first -rate thinker and writer.By Muyiwa OnigbogiGreat book. Author is a first-rate thinker who in these pages provides powerful but fluid commentary; on a subject of universal import to people whose meditations include such great subjects.The rhetoric is not doctrinaire but simply one that lets your own epistemology be the guide to your understanding on the subjects.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Good balance to the radical atheists - and well writtenBy Margaret GaltA good balancer against the prevaling meme that Christianity contributed nothing to the west; and in general it doesn't overstate the opposite case. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that in a few places it was something of a polemic. Very well written so that it was a pleasure to read.

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