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.