The Invention Of Africa

Author : V. Y. Mudimbe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:49015003056604

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..". 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."A -- 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.

Author : V. Y. Mudimbe
Publisher : James Currey Publishers
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1988-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0253204682

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"What is the meaning of Africa and being an African? What is and what is not African philosophy? Is philosophy part of Africanism? These are the kinds of fundamental questions that this book addresses. V. Y. Mudimbe argues that the various discourses themselves establish the worlds of thought in which people conceive their identity. Western anthropology and missionaries have introduced distortions not only for outsiders but also for Africans trying to understand themselves. Mudimbe goes beyond the classic issues of African anthropology or history. He says that the book attempts an archeology of African gnosis as a system of knowledge in which major philosophical questions recently have arisen: first, concerning the form, the content, and the style of Africanizing knowledge; second, concerning the status of traditional systems of thought. He is directly concerned with the processes of transformation of different types of knowledge." -- P. 4 of cover.

Author : V. Y. Mudimbe
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0852552033

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What is the meaning of Africa and of being African? What is and what is not African philosophy? Is philosophy part of Africanism? These are the kind of fundamental questions which this book addresses. North America: Indiana U Press

Author : V. Y Mudimbe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:900268297

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Author : V. Y. Mudimbe
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1994-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0253208726

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The Idea of Africa by V. Y. Mudimbe Pdf

"... this is a remarkable book. It will occupy a significant place in the critical literature of African Studies." --International Journal of African Historical Studies "To read Mudimbe is to walk through a museum of many exhibits in the company of an erudite companion who explains, with much learned commentary, what you are seeing." --American Anthropologist "Mudimbe's sympathetic yet rigorous accounts of such diverse Africanist discourses as Herskovits's cultural relativism and contemporary Afrocentricity bring to the surface the underlying goals and contexts in which these were produced." --Ivan Karp A sequel to his highly acclaimed The Invention of Africa, this is V. Y. Mudimbe's exploration of how the "idea" of Africa was constructed by the Western world.

Author : Abdelmajid Hannoum
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108838160

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The Invention of the Maghreb by Abdelmajid Hannoum Pdf

Examines how French colonial modernity invented the concept of the Maghreb, making it distinct from Africa and the Middle East.

Author : John Parker,Richard (Honorary Professor of History Rathbone, University of Aberystwyth),Richard Rathbone
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192802484

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African History: A Very Short Introduction by John Parker,Richard (Honorary Professor of History Rathbone, University of Aberystwyth),Richard Rathbone Pdf

Intended for those interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this work looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. It illustrates key themes in modern thinking about Africa's history with a range of historical examples.

Author : Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0816624410

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The Invention of Women by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí Pdf

The author traces the misapplication of Western, body-oriented concepts of gender through the history of gender discourses in Yoruba studies. THE INVENTION OF WOMEN demonstrates that biology as a rationale for organizing the social world is a Western construction not applicable in Yoruban culture where social organization was determined by relative age.

Author : Ali Jimale Ahmed
Publisher : The Red Sea Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0932415997

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The Invention of Somalia by Ali Jimale Ahmed Pdf

This study analyses the basic assumptions which,had informed the construction of the now,discredited Somali myth.,.

Author : Achille Mbembe
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0520204352

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On the Postcolony by Achille Mbembe Pdf

Refreshing a stale debate about power in the postcolonial state, this book addresses a topic debated across the humanities and social sciences: how to define, discuss, and address power and the subjective experience of ordinary people in the face of power?

Author : Peter K. J. Park
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438446431

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Africa, Asia, and the History of Philosophy by Peter K. J. Park Pdf

Winner of the 2016 Frantz Fanon Prize for Outstanding Book in Caribbean Thought presented by the Caribbean Philosophical Association In this provocative historiography, Peter K. J. Park provides a penetrating account of a crucial period in the development of philosophy as an academic discipline. During these decades, a number of European philosophers influenced by Immanuel Kant began to formulate the history of philosophy as a march of progress from the Greeks to Kant—a genealogy that supplanted existing accounts beginning in Egypt or Western Asia and at a time when European interest in Sanskrit and Persian literature was flourishing. Not without debate, these traditions were ultimately deemed outside the scope of philosophy and relegated to the study of religion. Park uncovers this debate and recounts the development of an exclusionary canon of philosophy in the decades of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. To what extent was this exclusion of Africa and Asia a result of the scientization of philosophy? To what extent was it a result of racism? This book includes the most extensive description available anywhere of Joseph-Marie de Gérando's Histoire comparée des systèmes de philosophie, Friedrich Schlegel's lectures on the history of philosophy, Friedrich Ast's and Thaddä Anselm Rixner's systematic integration of Africa and Asia into the history of philosophy, and the controversy between G. W. F. Hegel and the theologian August Tholuck over "pantheism."

Author : Terence Ranger,Olufemi Vaughan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1993-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349123421

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Legitimacy and the State in Twentieth-Century Africa by Terence Ranger,Olufemi Vaughan Pdf

This book takes as its theme the ways in which governments legitimate their rule, both to themselves and to their subjects. Its introduction explores legitimacy and pre-colonial states, but the three sections of the book deal with colonial legitimacy, the question of legitimation in the transition from colonialism to majority rule, and the contemporary debate about accountability.

Author : Eric Hobsbawm,Terence Ranger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1992-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0521437733

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The Invention of Tradition by Eric Hobsbawm,Terence Ranger Pdf

This book explores examples of this process of invention and addresses the complex interaction of past and present in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism.

Author : Richard J. Reid
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781119381921

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A History of Modern Africa by Richard J. Reid Pdf

The new, fully-updated edition of the acclaimed textbook covering 200 years of African history A History of Modern Africa explores two centuries of the continent’s political, economic, and social history. This thorough yet accessible text help readers to understand key concepts, recognize significant themes, and identify the processes that shaped the modern history of Africa. Emphasis is placed on the consequences of colonial rule, and the links between the precolonial and postcolonial eras. Author Richard Reid, a prominent scholar and historian on the subject, argues that Africa’s struggle for economic and political stability in the nineteenth century escalated and intensified through the twentieth century, the effects of which are still felt in the present day. The new third edition offers substantial updates and revisions that consider recent events and historiography. Greater emphasis is placed on African agency, particularly during the colonial period, and the importance of the long-term militarization of African political culture. Discussions of the postcolonial period have been updated to reflect recent developments, including those in North Africa. Adopting a long-term approach to current African issues, this text: Explores the legacies of the nineteenth century and the colonial period in the context of the contemporary era Highlights the role of nineteenth century and long-term internal dynamics in Africa’s modern challenges Combines recent scholarship with concise and effective narrative Features maps, illustrations, expanded references, and comprehensive endnotes A History of Modern Africa: 1800 to the Present, 3rd Edition is an excellent introduction to the subject for undergraduate students in relevant courses, and for general readers with interest in modern African history and current affairs.

Author : Bonnie K. Holcomb,Sisai Ibssa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015019606659

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The Invention of Ethiopia by Bonnie K. Holcomb,Sisai Ibssa Pdf