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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: African systems of thoughtPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2000.Description: vii, 270 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0253338085 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 0253214173 (pa : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 199/.6 21
LOC classification:
  • B5305 .A373 2000
Contents:
Introduction: African Philosophy as Cultural Inquiry / Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo -- Pt. 1. Power, Personhood, and Agency -- Introduction to Part 1 / Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo -- 1. "Tok Af, Lef Af": A Political Economy of Temne Techniques of Secrecy and Self / Rosalind Shaw -- 2. Islam among the Humors: Destiny and Agency among the Swahili / David Parkin -- 3. Some African Conceptions of Person: A Critique / Didier N. Kaphagawani -- Pt. 2. Knowledge and Discourse -- Introduction to Part 2 / Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo. 4. The Play of Deconstruction in the Speech of Africa: The Role of Pakruok and Ngero in Telling Culture in Dholuo / Peter S. O. Amuka. 5. Personhood and Art: Social Change and Commentary among the Acoli / J. P. Odoch Pido. 6. Forging Unions and Negotiating Ambivalence: Personhood and Complex Agency in Okiek Marriage Arrangement / Corinne A. Kratz -- Pt. 3. African Discourses on Development -- Introduction to Part 3 / Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo.
7. Our Problem of Knowledge: Brief Reflections on Knowledge and Development in Africa / Kwasi Wiredu. 8. The Topic of Change / F. Eboussi-Boulaga. 9. Cheri Samba's Postcolonial Reinvention of Modernity / Bogumil Jewsiewicki. 10. Luo Perspectives on Knowledge and Development: Samuel G. Ayany and Paul Mbuya / E. S. Atieno-Odhiambo.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: African Philosophy as Cultural Inquiry / Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo -- Pt. 1. Power, Personhood, and Agency -- Introduction to Part 1 / Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo -- 1. "Tok Af, Lef Af": A Political Economy of Temne Techniques of Secrecy and Self / Rosalind Shaw -- 2. Islam among the Humors: Destiny and Agency among the Swahili / David Parkin -- 3. Some African Conceptions of Person: A Critique / Didier N. Kaphagawani -- Pt. 2. Knowledge and Discourse -- Introduction to Part 2 / Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo. 4. The Play of Deconstruction in the Speech of Africa: The Role of Pakruok and Ngero in Telling Culture in Dholuo / Peter S. O. Amuka. 5. Personhood and Art: Social Change and Commentary among the Acoli / J. P. Odoch Pido. 6. Forging Unions and Negotiating Ambivalence: Personhood and Complex Agency in Okiek Marriage Arrangement / Corinne A. Kratz -- Pt. 3. African Discourses on Development -- Introduction to Part 3 / Ivan Karp and D. A. Masolo.

7. Our Problem of Knowledge: Brief Reflections on Knowledge and Development in Africa / Kwasi Wiredu. 8. The Topic of Change / F. Eboussi-Boulaga. 9. Cheri Samba's Postcolonial Reinvention of Modernity / Bogumil Jewsiewicki. 10. Luo Perspectives on Knowledge and Development: Samuel G. Ayany and Paul Mbuya / E. S. Atieno-Odhiambo.

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