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Title:

African philosophy as cultural inquiry / edited by Ivan Karp and D.A. Masolo.

Publisher:

Indiana University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

vii, 270 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Philosophy, African.

Other Authors:

Karp, Ivan.
Masolo, D. A.
International African Institute.

Notes:

"Published in association with the International African Institute, London". 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.

Series:

African systems of thought

ISBN:

9780253338082 (cloth : alk. paper)
0253338085 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253214171 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253214173 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)43913249

LCCN:

00038870

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)