V. Y. Mudimbe

The Idea of Africa

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... this is a remarkable book. It will occupy a significant placein the critical literature of African Studies. -- International Journal ofAfrican Historical StudiesTo 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. -- AmericanAnthropologistMudimbe'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 Afri… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-253-20872-9
EAN: 9780253208729
Produktnummer: 19368113
Verlag: Indiana University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.9 cm 408 g
Abbildungen: 32 b&w photos
Gewicht: 408

Über den Autor

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.