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This is an important and engaging book.

This is an important and engaging book. I can find very little to disagree with in this book. Mark T. Berger, European Journal of Development. Show all. Table of contents (6 chapters). Introduction: Identity and International Relations in the Heart of Darkness.

Using a genealogical approach, K. Dunn (2003) illustrates how the West has come to 'know' the DRC through earlier Western representations of the country. These representations have real political consequences.

Imagining the Congo historicizes and contextualizes the constructions of the Congo's identity during four historical periods. Kevin Dunn explores imaginings of the Congo that have allowed the current state of affairs there to develop.

X, 221 pages : 22 cm. Understanding the current civil war in Congo requires an examination of how the Congo's identity has been imagined over time. Imagining the Congo historicizes and contextualizes the constructions of the Congo's identity during four historical periods. Kevin Dunn explores "imaginings" of the Congo that have allowed the current state of affairs there to develop, and the broader conceptual question of how identity has become important in recent IR scholarship. Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-214) and index.

Imagining the Congo book. Kevin Dunn explores "imaginings" of the Congo that have allowed the current state of affairs there to develop, and the Understanding the current civil war in Congo requires an examination of how the Congo's identity has been imagined over time.

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New York: Palgrave, 2003. Created to conceal foreign exploitation of ivory and rubber, the Congo represented the instrument of an extractive colonization system, before turning violent and paternalistic. The Congo is the most egregious example of the ruthless exploitation of Africans for riches. Its independence came suddenly and unexpectedly in 1960, the peaceful handover of power being marred only by flashes of bad temper and recrimination.