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African philosophy as cultural inquiry
Title
African philosophy as cultural inquiry / edited by Ivan Karp and D.A. Masolo.
ISBN
0253338085 (cl : alk. paper)
0253214173 (pa : alk. paper)
Published
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2000.
Physical Description
vii, 270 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
"Published in association with the International African Institute, London."
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"Tok Af, Lef Af": a political economy of Temne techniques of secrecy and self / Rosalind Shaw
Islam among the humors: destiny and agency among the Swahili / David Parkin
Some African conceptions of person: a critique / Didier N. Kaphagawani
The play of deconstruction in the speech of Africa: the role of Pakruok and Ngero in telling culture in Dholuo / Peter S.O. Amuka
Personhood and art: social change and commentary among the Acoli / J.P. Odoch Pido
Forging unions and negotiating ambivalence: personhood and complex agency in Okiek marriage arrangement / Corinne A. Kratz
Our problem of knowledge: brief reflections on knowledge and development in Africa / Kwasi Wiredu
The topic of change / F. Eboussi-Boulaga
Chéri Samba's postcolonial reinvention of modernity / Bogumil Jewsiewicki
Luo perspectives on knowledge and development: Samuel G. Ayany and Paul Mbuya / E.S. Atieno-Odhiambo.
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