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Philosophising in Mombasa : knowledge, Islam and intellectual practice on the Swahili coast / Kai Kresse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kresse, Kai.
- Series:
- International African library ; 35.
- International African library ; 35
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy--Kenya--Mombasa.
- Philosophy.
- Philosophical anthropology--Kenya--Mombasa.
- Philosophical anthropology.
- Mombasa (Kenya)--Intellectual life.
- Mombasa (Kenya).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Philosophising in Mombasa provides an approach to the anthropological study of philosophical discourses in the Swahili context of Mombasa, Kenya. In this historically established Muslim environment, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, philosophy is investigated as social discourse and intellectual practice, situated in everyday life. This is done from the perspective of an 'anthropology of philosophy', a project which is spelled out in the opening chapter. Entry-points and guidelines for the ethnography are provided by discussions of Swahili literary genres, life histories, and social deb
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Maps and Figures; Preface and Acknowledgements; Sources; About the Author; Maps; Prologue; Part I; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Part II; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Part III; Chapter 7; Epilogue; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7486-5297-3
- 1-281-25213-1
- 9786611252137
- 0-7486-3173-9
- OCLC:
- 437203023
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