Conquest and Resistance in the Ethiopian Empire, 1880 - 1974

The Case of the Arsi Oromo
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-25813-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 32, 370 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 597 g

Reihe: African Social Studies Series

This work examines the philosophical origins of Oromo egalitarian and democratic thoughts and practice, the Gadaa-Qaalluu system, kinship organization, the introduction and spread of Islam and the consequent socio-cultural change. It sheds light on the advent of the Ethiopian empire under Menelik II, its conquests and Arsi Oromo fierce resistance (1880-1900), the nature and legacy of Ethiopian imperial polity, centre-periphery relations, feudal political economy and its impacts on the newly conquered regions with a focus on Arsi Oromo country. The book also analyzes the root causes of the national political crisis including, but not limited to, the attempts at transforming the empire-state to a nation-state around a single culture, contested definition of national identity and state legitimacy, grievance narratives, uprisings, the birth and development of competing nationalisms as well as the limitations of the current ethnic federalism to address the national question in Ethiopia.

Zielgruppe

Anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists, historians, libraries, practioners, students and Africanists in general and those who are interested in Ethiopia and Oromo issues in particular.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gnamo, Abbas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Abbas H. Gnamo, B.A (Addis Ababa University), M.A, Ph.D. & DEA (Paris University I, Panthéon-Sorbonne), has authored a monograph, and many articles on Ethiopia and the Oromo as well as chapters in books on the Rwandan Genocide (1999 & 2006). He began his career at Addis Ababa University, Institute of Ethiopian Studies and has been affiliated with several research centres in Canada. He has taught at some major Canadian universities including Ryerson, York and the University of Toronto