03015nam 2200685Ia 450 991078182250332120230721032153.00-7486-5297-31-281-25213-197866112521370-7486-3173-910.1515/9780748631735(CKB)1000000000485921(EBL)334900(OCoLC)437203023(SSID)ssj0000220925(PQKBManifestationID)11219078(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000220925(PQKBWorkID)10160664(PQKB)10279090(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055730(MiAaPQ)EBC334900(Au-PeEL)EBL334900(CaPaEBR)ebr10221805(CaONFJC)MIL125213(DE-B1597)616488(DE-B1597)9780748631735(OCoLC)1312726466(EXLCZ)99100000000048592120080109d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPhilosophising in Mombasa[electronic resource] knowledge, Islam and intellectual practice on the Swahili coast /Kai KresseEdinburgh Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institutec20071 online resource (305 p.)International African library ;35Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-2786-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexPhilosophising 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 debInternational African library ;35.PhilosophyKenyaMombasaPhilosophical anthropologyKenyaMombasaMombasa (Kenya)Intellectual lifePhilosophyPhilosophical anthropology306.096762Kresse Kai739337International African Institute.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781822503321Philosophising in Mombasa3815632UNINA