LEADER 03015nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910781822503321 005 20230721032153.0 010 $a0-7486-5297-3 010 $a1-281-25213-1 010 $a9786611252137 010 $a0-7486-3173-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748631735 035 $a(CKB)1000000000485921 035 $a(EBL)334900 035 $a(OCoLC)437203023 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000220925 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11219078 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000220925 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10160664 035 $a(PQKB)10279090 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055730 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC334900 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL334900 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10221805 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL125213 035 $a(DE-B1597)616488 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748631735 035 $a(OCoLC)1312726466 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000485921 100 $a20080109d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPhilosophising in Mombasa$b[electronic resource] $eknowledge, Islam and intellectual practice on the Swahili coast /$fKai Kresse 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press for the International African Institute$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 225 1 $aInternational African library ;$v35 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7486-2786-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aPhilosophising in Mombasa provides an approach to the anthropological study of philosophical discourses in the Swahili context of Mombasa, Kenya. In this historically established Muslim environment, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, philosophy is investigated as social discourse and intellectual practice, situated in everyday life. This is done from the perspective of an 'anthropology of philosophy', a project which is spelled out in the opening chapter. Entry-points and guidelines for the ethnography are provided by discussions of Swahili literary genres, life histories, and social deb 410 0$aInternational African library ;$v35. 606 $aPhilosophy$zKenya$zMombasa 606 $aPhilosophical anthropology$zKenya$zMombasa 607 $aMombasa (Kenya)$xIntellectual life 615 0$aPhilosophy 615 0$aPhilosophical anthropology 676 $a306.096762 700 $aKresse$b Kai$0739337 712 02$aInternational African Institute. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781822503321 996 $aPhilosophising in Mombasa$93815632 997 $aUNINA