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Kebede, Messay.

Radicalism and cultural dislocation in Ethiopia, 1960-1974 / Messay Kebede. - Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2008. - viii, 235 pages ; 24 cm. - Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora, 1092-5228. . - Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-222) and index.

The rise of student radicalism in Ethiopia -- Eurocentrism and Haile Selassie's educational precept -- Origins and purpose of Haile Selassie's educational policy -- Radicalism as a fallout of uprootedness and globality -- Imitativeness and elitism -- Ethiopian messianism -- Religion and social utopianism -- The sublimation of desertion -- Objective causes of the radicalization of students and intellectuals.

ISBN: 9781580462914 (hardcover : alk. paper) 158046291X (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008019955

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA8A3492 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014702632 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Radicalism--History--Ethiopia--20th century.
Students--Political activity--History--Ethiopia--20th century.
Intellectuals--Political activity--History--Ethiopia--20th century.
Elite (Social sciences)--History--Ethiopia--20th century.
Communism--Ethiopia.

LC Class. No.: HN789.Z9 / KEB 2008 HN789.Z9 / KEB 2008