The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge

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Indiana University Press, 22.05.1988 - 241 Seiten

" . . . groundbreaking . . . clear, straightforward, and economical. . . . seminal . . . " —American Anthropologist

"This is a challenging book . . . a remarkable contribution to African intellectual history." —International Journal of African Historical Studies

"Mudimbe's description of the struggles over Africa's self-invention are vivid and rewarding. From Blyden to Sartre, Temples to Senghor, Mudimbe provides a bold and versatile resume of Africa's literary inventors." —Village Voice Literary Supplement

" . . . a landmark achievement in African studies." —Journal of Religion in Africa

In this unique and provocative book, Zairean philosopher and writer V. Y. Mudimbe addresses the multiple scholarly discourses that exist—African and non-African—concerning the meaning of Africa and being African.

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Discourse of Power and Knowledge of Otherness
1
Questions of Method
24
The Power of Speech
44
Urheberrecht

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The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge
V. Y. Mudimbe
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The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge
V. Y. Mudimbe
Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1988

Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen

according African Christianity African culture African gnosis African philosophy African religions African social African Theology African traditional Aimé Césaire analysis anthropology Bantu Philosophy Bimwenyi Black Orpheus Blyden century civilization classical colonial concept concerned continent critical critique defined discourse Dogon Dowayo Eboussi-Boulaga economic emphasize epistemological Ethiopian ethnocentrism ethnophilosophy European example existence experience expression Foucault gnosis Griaule Heusch Hountondji hypothesis ideological intellectual interpretation Islam Kagame Kinshasa knowledge language Lévi-Strauss Liberia major Marxist means method methodological missionary modern Mulago Mveng myths nation native negritude Negro noire norms object ontology organization pagan paradigms paradoxical Paris perspective political position possible Présence Africaine present primitive principle production promotion question race racial radical religious Sartre savage scholars scientific scramble for Africa Senghor significance social sciences societies structure symbols Tempels Tempels's texts theory thesis thinking thought tion transformation Tshiamalenga understanding University West Western

Bibliografische Informationen

TitelThe Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge
ACLS Humanities E-Book
African Systems of Thought
History e-book project
Midland book
Autor/inV. Y. Mudimbe
Ausgabe2, Neuauflage
VerlagIndiana University Press, 1988
Original vonUniversity of Michigan
Digitalisiert22. Juli 2010
ISBN0253204682, 9780253204684
Länge241 Seiten
  
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