Elitist Mystifications and the Vagueness of Common Interest Perspective of the AU in the Global Order: A Statement Reconsidered
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2013-05
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Addis Ababa University
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The AU is re-created out of its old body, the OAU, to be able to make the continent to effectively face the ‘multifaceted challenges’ posed by globalization1. However, contrary to the AU’s long established belief, the cultural assertiveness by many groups in Africa in response to many discontents of globalization is unnoticeably threatening the imagined unity of African countries.
This thesis demonstrated,
1. how such reactions to the new global order could affect the ‘common interest perspective’ of the AU and how the AU(ECOSOCC) would respond to this challenge.
2. how alternatives to such threatening scenarios offered by the AU like the ‘African personality’ which is wholly accepted as the unifying force among all African people are elitist and intellectual inventions which are what break the contract between African people and the AU(PAP).
The thesis ‘Elitist mystification and the vagueness of ‘common interest perspective’ of the AU in the Global Order’ will evaluate
1. How AU would respond to the increasing cultural assertiveness of societies in response to globalization respective of its threats in weakening inner affinity.
2. How alternatives like the century old ‘African personality’ are mystified which would do no good to the wider mass in creating the ‘common interest perspective’ and how the AU would respond to this argument.
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Common Interest Perspective