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- ISBN
- 9780852552032
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
ISBN-10
0852552033
ISBN-13
9780852552032
eBay Product ID (ePID)
119930611
Product Key Features
Book Title
Invention of Africa : Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1990
Topic
Epistemology, African
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Philosophy, Literary Collections
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
14 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
87-045324
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
The Invention of Africa , joint winner of the 1989 Herskovits Award, has assumed a place as one of the important books of African studies. JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORY Mudimbe's historical anthropology...achieves the decolonisation of academic knowledge of Africa ... This highly sophisticated and provocative study should command the attention of every scholar. - Bogumil Jewsiewicki ... an impressive demonstration of erudition with a balanced, frequently very perceptive, perspective on how intellectual constructs on Africa have developed and operate. - William Freund in JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN STUDIES
Dewey Decimal
199.6
Synopsis
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
LC Classification Number
B5305
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