..". 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." Journal of Religion in...
..". groundbreaking... clear, straightforward, and economical.... seminal... " American Anthropologist
..". a great read. It is masterfully presented, and is an ideal text both for advanced undergraduates and graduate students." --International Journal of African Historical Studies
..". a detailed, critical guide to fifty years of African philosophy... " --Teaching Philosophy
"Masolo offers an expansive and lucidly panoramic view of the origin and developments in African philosophy." --Africa Today
"The excellence of this book lies in the wealth of perspectives that it brings to the discussion on what constitutes philosophy, rationality, and meaningful reflection. It is...
..". a great read. It is masterfully presented, and is an ideal text both for advanced undergraduates and graduate students." --International Journ...
..". a distinct, broad, but compelling framework for examining a variety of laws and social policies." --Legal Studies Forum
..". a very rich volume that has something to offer to many different tastes... an excellent companion to the main textbook in a large undergraduate law-and-society course." --Contemporary Sociology
No issue has captured the imagination of social scientists and legal scholars more consistently than the creation of laws. The political implications of the study of law and society often create ideological diatribes with little attention to empirical detail....
..". a distinct, broad, but compelling framework for examining a variety of laws and social policies." --Legal Studies Forum
Contains essays that open fresh perspectives for understanding African societies and cultures through the study of objects. This title treats topics ranging from the production of material objects to the meaning of sticks, masquerades, household tools, clothing, and the television set in the contemporary repertoire of African material culture.
Contains essays that open fresh perspectives for understanding African societies and cultures through the study of objects. This title treats topics r...
"Wiredu's discussion of culturally defined values and concepts, as well as his attention to such timely issues as human rights, makes this book invaluable interdisciplinary reading." --D. A. Masolo
Ghanaian philosopher Kwasi Wiredu confronts the paradox that while Western cultures recoil from claims of universality, previously colonized peoples, seeking to redefine their identities, insist on cultural particularities. Wiredu asserts that universals, rightly conceived on the basis of our common biological identity, are not incompatible with cultural particularities and, in fact, are...
"Wiredu's discussion of culturally defined values and concepts, as well as his attention to such timely issues as human rights, makes this book inv...
The second edition of this landmark work is enhanced by new chapters on Ogun worship in the New World. From reviews of the first edition:
..". an ethnographically rich contribution to the historical understanding of West African culture, as well as an exploration of the continued vitality of that culture in the changing environments of the Americas." --African Studies Review
..". leav es] the reader with a sense of the vitality, dynamism, and complexity of Ogun and the cultural contexts in which he thrives.... magnificent contribution to the literature on Ogun, Yoruba culture,...
The second edition of this landmark work is enhanced by new chapters on Ogun worship in the New World. From reviews of the first edition:
"Hountondji... writes not as an 'African' philosopher but as a philosopher on Africa.... Hountondji's deep understanding of any civilization as necessarily pluralistic, and often even self-contradicting as it evolves, is simply magisterial.... This is a precious gem of a book for anyone who wishes to reflect on civilization and culture." --Choice
In this incisive, original exploration of the nature and future of African philosophy, Paulin J. Hountondji attacks a myth popularized by ethnophilosophers such as Placide Tempels and Alexis Kagame that there is an indigenous, collective...
"Hountondji... writes not as an 'African' philosopher but as a philosopher on Africa.... Hountondji's deep understanding of any civilization as nec...
"A tightly argued and comprehensive treatment of an important area of New Testament studies." --The Christian Century
"By distinguishing oral from written modes of transmission, Kelber skillfully unlocks new doors for biblical interpretation." --Theology Today
What happens when speech turns into text? Spoken words, operating from mouth to ear, process knowledge differently from writing which links the eye to the visible, but silent letters on the page. Based on this premise, Werner Kelber discusses orality and writing, and the interaction between the two, at strategic points in...
"A tightly argued and comprehensive treatment of an important area of New Testament studies." --The Christian Century
This book assesses the direction and impact of African philosophy as well as its future role.
What is the intellectual, social, cultural, and political territory of African philosophy? What directions will African philosophy take in the future? What problems will it face? In 10 probing essays by distinguished African, European, and American scholars, African Philosophy as Cultural Inquiry examines the role of African philosophy at the opening of the new millennium. Here philosophy cuts across disciplinary boundaries to embrace ideas taken from history, literary studies, anthropology,...
This book assesses the direction and impact of African philosophy as well as its future role.
What is the intellectual, social, cultural, and...
Until the advent of African independence, Africans were not considered fitting subjects for historical research and their words, voices, and experiences were largely absent from the continent s history.
In 13 lively and provocative essays focusing on all areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, oral sources are seen as a way to restore African expression to African history. African Words, African Voices evokes the richness and relevance of oral sources for understanding a complex past for readers at all levels.
Contributors include E. J. Alagoa, David William Cohen, Laura Fair, Babacar...
Until the advent of African independence, Africans were not considered fitting subjects for historical research and their words, voices, and experi...
