African thought in comparative perspective / by Ali A. Mazrui ; edited by Ramzi Badran, Seifudein Adem and Patrick Dikirr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mazrui, Ali A., author.

Contributor:

Badran, Ramzi, editor.

Adem, Seifudein, editor.

Dikirr, Patrick, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative civilization.

Africa--Civilization.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, [United Kingdom] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

African Thought in Comparative Perspective showcases how adept Ali Mazrui, the most prolific writer on Africa today, is at using complex conceptual apparatuses to categorize and synthesize Africa's political and social thought. This book, thus, offers an original interpretation of the knowledge that has been accumulated over the years, and which is of timeless relevance. It covers such themes as the legacy of the African liberation movements, the convergence and divergence of African, Islamic...

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; SECTION I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; SECTION II; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; SECTION III; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; SECTION IV; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; CHAPTER NINETEEN; CHAPTER TWENTY; SECTION V; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE; CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR; CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE; CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 17, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-5836-6

OCLC:

875635882