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Mudimbe, V: The Idea of Africa
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Artikel-Nr:
9780253208729
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0
Gewicht:
408 g
Format:
231x155x19 mm
Beschreibung:
V. Y. MUDIMBE is the R. F. DeVernay Professor of Romance Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature and Anthropology at Duke University. His books include The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy and the Order of Knowledge, Fables and Parables, and The Surreptitious Speech.
..". this is a remarkable book. It will occupy a significant placein the critical literature of African Studies." -- International Journal ofAfrican Historical Studies"To read Mudimbe is to walkthrough a museum of many exhibits in the company of an erudite companion whoexplains, with much learned commentary, what you are seeing." -- AmericanAnthropologist"Mudimbe's sympathetic yet rigorous accountsof such diverse Africanist discourses as Herskovits's cultural relativism andcontemporary Afrocentricity bring to the surface the underlying goals and contextsin which these were produced." -- Ivan KarpA sequel to hishighly acclaimed The Invention of Africa, this is V. Y. Mudimbe's exploration of howthe "idea" of Africa was constructed by the Western world.
PrefaceI. Symbols and the Interpretation of the African PastII. Which Idea of Africa?III. The Power of the Greek ParadigmIV. Domestication and the Conflict of MemoriesV. ReprendreCodaBibliographyIndex