Nihilism and Negritude : ways of living in Africa/ Célestin Monga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Monga, Célestin, author.

Standardized Title:

Nihilisme et négritude. English

Language:

English

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Black people--Race identity.

Black people.

Nihilism (Philosophy).

Social ethics--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Social ethics.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Civilization.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In a searching meditation on ways of living in modern Africa, Célestin Monga dispels the stereotypes that cloud how outsiders view the continent, and how Africans sometimes view themselves. He shows how dance, music, bodily experience, faith, and mourning reflect a nihilism that finds meaning and joy in a life that would otherwise seem absurd.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction. Nihilism: African Variations

Desire's Ruses: Political Economy of Marriage

I Eat Therefore I Am: Philosophy of the Table

Poetics of Movement: Visions of Dance and Music

The Savor of Sin: Dialogue around God's Funeral

Ethic of the Uses of the Body: A Theory of Self- Esteem

Violence as Ethic of Evil

Conclusion. Nihilism to Tame Death

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Feb. 24, 2017)

ISBN:

0-674-97258-9

0-674-97256-2

OCLC:

960165627