Philosophising in Mombasa [[electronic resource] ] : knowledge, Islam and intellectual practice on the Swahili coast / / Kai Kresse

• Autore: Kresse Kai
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.096762
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy - Kenya - Mombasa; Philosophical anthropology - Kenya - Mombasa
• Soggetto geografico: Mombasa (Kenya) Intellectual life
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Philosophising 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Philosophising in Mombasa
• ISBN: 0-7486-5297-3; 1-281-25213-1; 9786611252137; 0-7486-3173-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781822503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International African library ; ; 35.