African Modernities - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0325071217 ISBN 13: 9780325071213

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books,U.S., 2002

Synopsis

This is a collection of original studies investigating the multifaceted notion of African modernities. The authors examine ideas and practices of modernity as well as the implication of its meaning in current academic debate. Both perspectives are thoroughly interdependent, but they are often presented as distinct and opposed to each other. One of the main aims of this volume is to show just how they are related, and how they form a deeply entangled subject that continues to shape and affect the notion of modernity in Africa.

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Review

The value of African modernities is that it brings together a range of scholars hailing from different disciplines (anthropology, sociology, history, literature and philosophy), all attempting to think through the paradox of present-day Africa...Since there is no single answer, insights are generated by judicious questioning rather than by simplistic conclusions. - Patrick Chabal in INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Discussions of modernity are plentiful at present. This interdisciplinary collection - from history to anthropology and from sociology to philosophy - brings some of these wider issues and controversies to bear upon African Studies. I am not aware of another collection or book that quite accomplishes this. - Donald Donham, Emory University

About the Author

Jan-George Deutsch is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin; Heike Schmidt is Assistant Professor in the Department of African Studies, Humboldt University; Peter Probst is Assistant Professor at the Centre of African Studies, Universit of Bayreuth

Edition details

• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books,U.S.
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0325071217
• ISBN 13: 9780325071213
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184