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The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy and the Order of Knowledge
Ladislav Holy,Valentin Y Mudimbe +1 more
- Vol. 24, Iss: 2, pp 374
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The meaning of Africa and of being African, what is and what is not African philosophy, and is philosophy part of Africanism are the kind of fundamental questions which this book addresses as discussed by the authors.Abstract:
What is the meaning of Africa and of being African? What is and what is not African philosophy? Is philosophy part of Africanism ? These are the kind of fundamental questions which this book addresses. North America: Indiana U Pressread more
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Disinventing and (Re)Constituting Languages
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Multiple modernities: Kitchens for an African elite
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Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom: Towards the Human, After Man, Its Overrepresentation--An Argument
TL;DR: One thing in any case is certain: man is neither the oldest nor the most constant problem that has been posed for human knowledge as discussed by the authors. And that appearance was the effect of a change in the fundamental arrangements of knowledge, if those arrangements were to disappear as they appeared.
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The cultural politics of English as an international language
TL;DR: In this article, a critical pedagogy for teaching English as a worldly language is proposed, with a focus on the role of the classroom in the development of a world language.
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Les mots et les choses : une archéologie des sciences humaines
TL;DR: Foucault analyzes le sciences humaines d'aujourd'hui sont plus que du domaine du savoir as discussed by the authors : deja des pratiques,deja des institutions.