Parables and fables: exegesis, textuality and politics in central africa
Auteur :
Mudimbe, V.Y.
Éditeur :
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN :
9780299130640
Date de publication :
30 oct. 1991
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,4 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
360 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Confronts the philosophical problems of otherness and identity through readings of the parables and fables of a colonized people, the Luba of Zaire. The author uses his own education by Catholic missionaries in Zaire to explore interactions between African and Western systems of thought.