The anthropology of Islam [[electronic resource] /] / Gabriele Marranci

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777961803321
• Autore: Marranci Gabriele
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York : , : Berg, , 2008
• ISBN: 1-00-308685-3; 1-000-19003-X; 1-000-18340-8; 1-003-08685-3; 1-4742-1562-9; 1-282-28612-9; 9786612286124; 1-84788-543-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.6/97
• Soggetti: Islam - Study and teaching; Anthropology of religion - Islamic countries; Islamic sociology; Anthropology - Methodology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [151]-172) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Islam : beliefs, history, and rituals -- From studying Islam to studying Muslims -- Studying Muslims in the West : before and after September 11 -- From the exotic to the familiar : anamneses of fieldwork among Muslims -- Beyond the stereotype : challenges in understanding Muslim identities -- The ummah paradox -- The dynamics of gender in Islam -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: Provides analyses of Islam and its relation to issues such as identities, politics, culture, power and gender. This book argues that Islam needs to be studied as a living religion through the observation of everyday Muslim life. It is useful for those interested in investigating the unsettled place of Islam in our multicultural society.

Ezumezu : A System of Logic for African Philosophy and Studies / / by Jonathan O. Chimakonam

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910337683703321
• Autore: Chimakonam Jonathan O
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019
• ISBN: 3-030-11075-3
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2019.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 pages)
• Disciplina: 199.6
• Soggetti: Philosophy, Modern; Social sciences; Humanities; Logic; Philosophy; Methodology; Philosophical Traditions; Humanities and Social Sciences; Philosophical Methods
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Part I. Background to African Logic -- 1. The Manifestation of Reason in African Philosophy -- 2. In Search of a Logic-based Foundation for African Philosophy and Studies -- 3. Some Problematics in African Logic -- 4. The Schools of Thought in African Logic -- 5. African Logic and the Question of Method: Towards Villagisation of Knowledge -- Part II. Unveiling Ezumezu as a System of African Logic -- 6. Ezumezu as Philosophy of Logic -- 7. Ezumezu as Methodology -- 8. Ezumezu as a Formal System -- 9. Application of Ezumezu in Grounding some Theories in African Philosophy -- 10. Justifying the System of Ezumezu Logic: An Analysis of the Problematic Structure of ‘q na Abughi q’ -- 11. Decolonisation, Africanisation and Transformation: Why we need ‘that’ African Contribution to World History and Civilisation.
• Sommario/riassunto: The issue of a logic foundation for African thought connects well with the question of method. Do we need new methods for African ; philosophy and studies? Or, are the methods of Western thought adequate for African intellectual space? These questions are not some of the easiest to answer because they lead straight to the question of whether or not a logic tradition from African intellectual space is possible. Thus in charting the course of future direction in African philosophy and studies, one must be confronted with this question of logic. The author boldly takes up this challenge and becomes the first to do so in a book by introducing new concepts and formulating a new African culture-inspired system of logic called Ezumezu which he believes would ground new methods in African philosophy and studies. He develops this system to rescue African philosophy and, by extension, sundry fields in African Indigenous Knowledge Systems from the spell of Plato and the hegemony of Aristotle. African philosophers can now ground their discourses in Ezumezu logic which will distinguish their philosophy as a tradition in its own right. On the whole, the book engages with some of the lingering controversies in the idea of (an) African logic before unveiling Ezumezu as a philosophy of logic, methodology and formal system. The book also provides fresh arguments and insights on the themes of decolonisation and Africanisation for the intellectual transformation of scholarship in Africa. It will appeal to philosophers and logicians—undergraduates and post graduate researchers—as well as those in various areas of African studies.