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PublisherBoydell & Brewer, The Limited
ISBN-100852552033
ISBN-139780852552032
eBay Product ID (ePID)119930611
Product Key Features
Book TitleInvention of Africa : Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1990
TopicEpistemology, African
IllustratorYes
GenrePhilosophy, Literary Collections
AuthorV. Y. Mudimbe
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight14 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN87-045324
Dewey Edition20
ReviewsThe 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 Decimal199.6
SynopsisWhat 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 NumberB5305
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