'Out in the dark': knowledge, power and IPE in southern Africa
Abstract Benjamin Cohen's disciplinary history of international political economy (IPE) begins with the premise that Africa has had little to contribute to this global discipline. Differing from this view, we argue that disciplinary histories such as Cohen's elide the relationship between...
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| description | Abstract Benjamin Cohen's disciplinary history of international political economy (IPE) begins with the premise that Africa has had little to contribute to this global discipline. Differing from this view, we argue that disciplinary histories such as Cohen's elide the relationship between the discipline and its field. It is only through the juxtaposition of knowledge, power and politics that we can arrive at a fuller historical understanding of theinternational political economy. We further argue that political economy as an intellectual project has been central to the creation of the political economy of southern Africa. In a historical narrative of this idea in this region, we demonstrate that states and markets have remained prisoners of their mainstream intellectual manifestations, although subversive lives of political economy persist in some critical corners. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c3a830b07764c199e4a53423373b8212022-12-22T02:56:54ZspaPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de JaneiroContexto Internacional1982-02402015-12-013731011104010.1590/S0102-85292015000300008S0102-85292015000301011'Out in the dark': knowledge, power and IPE in southern AfricaPeter ValeVineet ThakurAbstract Benjamin Cohen's disciplinary history of international political economy (IPE) begins with the premise that Africa has had little to contribute to this global discipline. Differing from this view, we argue that disciplinary histories such as Cohen's elide the relationship between the discipline and its field. It is only through the juxtaposition of knowledge, power and politics that we can arrive at a fuller historical understanding of theinternational political economy. We further argue that political economy as an intellectual project has been central to the creation of the political economy of southern Africa. In a historical narrative of this idea in this region, we demonstrate that states and markets have remained prisoners of their mainstream intellectual manifestations, although subversive lives of political economy persist in some critical corners.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-85292015000301011&lng=en&tlng=enInternational Political EconomySouthern AfricaIntellectual HistoryRegimesIdeology |
| spellingShingle | Peter Vale Vineet Thakur 'Out in the dark': knowledge, power and IPE in southern Africa Contexto Internacional International Political Economy Southern Africa Intellectual History Regimes Ideology |
| title | 'Out in the dark': knowledge, power and IPE in southern Africa |
| title_full | 'Out in the dark': knowledge, power and IPE in southern Africa |
| title_fullStr | 'Out in the dark': knowledge, power and IPE in southern Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | 'Out in the dark': knowledge, power and IPE in southern Africa |
| title_short | 'Out in the dark': knowledge, power and IPE in southern Africa |
| title_sort | out in the dark knowledge power and ipe in southern africa |
| topic | International Political Economy Southern Africa Intellectual History Regimes Ideology |
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