{"product_id":"the-idea-of-africa-9780253208729","title":"The Idea of Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e. . . this is a remarkable book. It will occupy a significant place in the critical literature of African Studies. --International Journal of African Historical Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo read Mudimbe is to walk through a museum of many exhibits in the company of an erudite companion who explains, with much learned commentary, what you are seeing. --American Anthropologist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMudimbe's sympathetic yet rigorous accounts of such diverse Africanist discourses as Herskovits's cultural relativism and contemporary Afrocentricity bring to the surface the underlying goals and contexts in which these were produced. --Ivan Karp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sequel to his highly acclaimed The Invention of Africa, this is V. Y. Mudimbe's exploration of how the idea of Africa was constructed by the Western world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e V. Y. Mudimbe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.12w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253208729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV. Y. MUDIMBE is the R. F. DeVernay Professor of Romance Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature and Anthropology at Duke University. His books include The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy and the Order of Knowledge, Fables and Parables, and The Surreptitious Speech.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40586228334707,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c1593c33-9289-4925-8df4-682ade50fb44.jpg?v=1668694981","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-idea-of-africa-9780253208729","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}