
The Idea of Africa
V. Y. Mudimbe(Author)
Indiana University Press
Published on 22. November 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-253-20872-9 (ISBN)
Description
". . . this is a remarkable book. It will occupy a significant place in the critical literature of African Studies." -International Journal of African Historical Studies
"To read Mudimbe is to walk through a museum of many exhibits in the company of an erudite companion who explains, with much learned commentary, what you are seeing." -American Anthropologist
"Mudimbe's sympathetic yet rigorous accounts of such diverse Africanist discourses as Herskovits's cultural relativism and contemporary Afrocentricity bring to the surface the underlying goals and contexts in which these were produced." -Ivan Karp
A sequel to his highly acclaimed The Invention of Africa, this is V. Y. Mudimbe's exploration of how the "idea" of Africa was constructed by the Western world.
"To read Mudimbe is to walk through a museum of many exhibits in the company of an erudite companion who explains, with much learned commentary, what you are seeing." -American Anthropologist
"Mudimbe's sympathetic yet rigorous accounts of such diverse Africanist discourses as Herskovits's cultural relativism and contemporary Afrocentricity bring to the surface the underlying goals and contexts in which these were produced." -Ivan Karp
A sequel to his highly acclaimed The Invention of Africa, this is V. Y. Mudimbe's exploration of how the "idea" of Africa was constructed by the Western world.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington, IN
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
32 b&w photos
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
426 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-253-20872-9 (9780253208729)
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Person
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.
Content
Preface
I. Symbols and the Interpretation of the African Past
II. Which Idea of Africa?
III. The Power of the Greek Paradigm
IV. Domestication and the Conflict of Memories
V. Reprendre
Coda
Bibliography
Index
I. Symbols and the Interpretation of the African Past
II. Which Idea of Africa?
III. The Power of the Greek Paradigm
IV. Domestication and the Conflict of Memories
V. Reprendre
Coda
Bibliography
Index