Postcolonial Constructivism: Mazrui's Theory of Intercultural Relations [Paperback]

This book introduces Ali Mazruis delightfully stimulating scholarship about intercultural relations, calling it Postcolonial Constructivism, and shares elements of his intellectual vitality in an original way.  It begins with a chronicle of Mazruis eventful, sixty-year journey as a scholar of International Relations. It then proceeds to present some of the most remarkable yet least remarked up on features of his intellectualism, including his paradoxes, his perceptive typologies, his neologisms as well as his interactions with historical figures. The book draws on materials which were either unavailable until now or were found scattered in time and space. Designed as an invitation to a wider audience to the supermarket of Mazruis ideas, this book also seeks to underscore the timeliness and possible durability of many of his observations about intercultural relations.Thorough, comprehensive and up-to-date, this book is a concise account of the core of Mazruis vast body of work.

Part I General Overview.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Part II Ali Mazrui and the Study of International Relations (IR).- Chapter 2 The Birth of a Scholar.- Chapter 3 Mazruis Rise and Decline in IR.- Chapter 4 Mazruis Revival in IR.- Part III Ali Mazruis Postcolonial Constructivismm.- Chapter 5 Postcolonialism.- Chapter 6 Constructivism.- Chapter 7 Postcolonial Constructivism.- Part IV The Vocabulary of Ali Mazruis Discourse.- Chapter 8 Paradoxical Propositions.- Chapter 9 Analytical Categories.- Part V Semi-Autobiographical Data.- Chapter 10 Mazruis Interactions with Others.

Postcolonial Constructivism reignites the spirit of Pan-Africanism and draws attention to the myriad issues that Africa faces under globalization. The authors exposition of MazruilF