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The Invention of Africa
V. Y. Mudimbe, Congolese-born American philosopher, is probably most well known for this book “The Invention of Africa – Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge” (1988). The book is a discourse analysis of sorts on the conceptualization of Africa and of African philosophy. With decades having passed since its writing, the novelty of this […]
Tags: #Africa #Invention of Africa #Knowledge #Mudimbe #Power
The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad
Recent scholarship has sought to gather and analyze what was suggested to be the agreements made in the early years of Islam with other faith communities. The veracity of these documents was a question (not a new question). In “The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad: From Shared Historical Memory to Peaceful Co-Existence” (2023), Ibrahim Zein […]
Tags: #Diversity #HBKU #History #Inclusion #Islam #Methodology #Social Cohesion
Empire of Chaos
Samir Amin has written a shelf full of books, many of which are compilations of articles he wrote. I have a shelf of them, including these compilations. Since these are compilations and not purpose written books one finds less new, and most are of Samir Amin reiterating his core messages, occasionally to new topics of […]
Tags: #Empire of Chaos #Geopolitics #Imperialism #Samir Amin
Singapore: A Very Short History
A widely read, and apparently common undergraduate reading text, on Singapore is Alvin Tan’s “Singapore: A Very Short History, From Temasek to Tomorrow”, which was first published in 2000 and updated in a 2022 edition. I picked this up in Singapore looking to understand more about the political economy, and this did not deliver much […]
Tags: #Development #History #Policy #Politics #Singapore #Strategy
Akbar and his India
Starting from a seminar in 1992, acknowledging the 450th birth anniversary of Akbar, the 1997 book “Akbar and his India” (OUP) potentially presents a unique volume on Akbar. This book may be valuable for some, but a narrow few. This edited book presents a collection of largely disconnected contributions, but does not offer an introduction, […]
Tags: #Absolute Peace #Akbar #History #India #Mughal #Peace #Tolerance
The Ottoman Gulf
This 1997 book was written by a professor based in Bulgaria. It seeks to answer the question of why the Ottoman rule rose and fell in the Arabian Gulf. “The Ottoman Gulf – The Creation of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar”, published by Columbia University Press, is a unique contribution in that its sources are […]
About me
Logan Cochrane
Associate Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy. He is an Associate Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences and an Adjunct Professor at Hawassa University (Institute for Policy and Development Research). Over the last fifteen years, he has worked in Afghanistan, Benin, Burundi, Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Logan acts as a consultant for governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations, seeking to create bridges between research and practice.
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