The idea of Africa / V. Y. Mudimbe.

Main entry:

Mudimbe, V. Y., 1941- author.

Title & Author:

The idea of Africa / V. Y. Mudimbe.

Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press ; London : James Currey, [1994]
©1994

Description:

xvii, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

African systems of thought

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-228) and 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.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP11.06 0.

Summary:

"A sequel to V. Y. Mudimbe's highly acclaimed The invention of Africa, this book maps the 'idea' of Africa as conceived in various historical and geographical contexts from the Greeks to the present. Mudimbe focuses on two main issues: the Greco-Roman thematization of otherness and its articulation in such concepts as barbarism and savagery and the complex process that has shaped the idea of Africa s understood by Europeans. In the considerable intellectual space covered, Africa is outlined as a paradigm of difference. Mudimbe proceeds from an interrogation of a seventeenth-century French translation of the Greek Philostratus's Icones to considerations of Greek contacts with the African continent, the Greek paradigm and its power, and the politics of memory. Individual chapters critique the present-day reactivation of Greek texts by black scholars and review contemporary activity in African art. Essential reading for anyone interested in the politics and construction of culture"--Back cover.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

0253338980 (alk. paper)
9780253338983 (alk. paper)
0253208726 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780253208729 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0852552343 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780852552346 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Association pour l'Innovation et le Dynamisme Economique dans l'Entreprise
Philosophy, African.
Afrika.
Afrikanen.
Philosophie africaine.
Philosophy.
Civilization Philosophy
Afrikabild
Philosophie
Zivilisation
Archéologie Afrique.
Identité collective Afrique noire.
Africa Civilization Philosophy.
Afrique Civilisation Philosophie.
Africa
Africa Civilization.
Afrique Dans la littérature.
Afrique Dans l'art.
Afrique Civilisation.
Afrique Histoire.
Culture History
etnografie
ethnography
antropologie
anthropology
cultuur
geschiedenis
history
sociale geografie
social geography
geografie
geography
literatuur
literature
wereld
world
afrika
volkscultuur
folk culture
gebruiken
customs
volkenkunde
ethnology
cultuurgeschiedenis
cultural history
beschaving
civilization
Social Philosophy
Sociale filosofie

Form/genre:

Art
History

Added entries:

African systems of thought.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 299668
Call No.: BIB 245820
Status: Available

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