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  • The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge

    by Vy Mudimbe ...
    "... groundbreaking... clear, straightforward, and economical.... seminal... " ―American Anthropologist "This is a challenging book... a remarkable contribution to African intellectual history." ―International Journal of African Historical Studies "Mudimbe’s description of the struggles over Africa’s self-invention are vivid and rewarding. From Blyden to Sartre, Temples to Senghor, Mudimbe ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • Life and Times of Cultural Studies

    The Politics and Transformation of the Structures of Knowledge

    by Richard E. Lee, V. Y. Mudimbe, Bogumil Jewsiewicki ...
    Series series Philosophy and Postcoloniality
    Moving world-systems analysis into the cultural realm, Richard E. Lee locates the cultural studies movement within a broad historical and geopolitical framework. He illuminates how order and conflict have been reflected and negotiated in the sphere of knowledge production by situating the emergence of cultural studies at the intersection of post–1945 international and British politics and a two ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Mudimbe Reader

    by V. Y. Mudimbe ...
    A prominent francophone thinker and writer from sub-Saharan Africa, V. Y. Mudimbe is known for his efforts to bridge Western and African modes of knowledge and for his critiques of a range of disciplines, from classics and philosophy to anthropology and comparative literature. The Mudimbe Reader offers for the first time a ground-breaking work of modern intellectual African history from this ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Complicities

    The Intellectual and Apartheid

    by V. Y. Mudimbe, Bogumil Jewsiewicki, Mark A. Sanders ...
    Series series Philosophy and Postcoloniality
    Complicities explores the complicated—even contradictory—position of the intellectual who takes a stand against political policies and ideologies. Mark Sanders argues that intellectuals cannot avoid some degree of complicity in what they oppose and that responsibility can only be achieved with their acknowledgment of this complicity. He examines the role of South African intellectuals by looking ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Contemporary African Cultural Productions

    by V.Y. Mudimbe ...
    It is perhaps significant that the contemporary cultural effervescence that has come to the fore began to unfold in the context of the longest - and deepest - economic crises which the African continent has known since the period after the Second World War and which started in earnest in the late 1970s and early 1980s. What is particularly interesting is that while practically every indicator of ... Read more

    $20.46 USD

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    A Very Short Introduction

    by James Gordon Finlayson ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
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  • On the Political

    by Chantal Mouffe ...
    Series series Thinking in Action
    Since September 11th, we frequently hear that political differences should be put aside: the real struggle is between good and evil. What does this mean for political and social life? Is there a 'Third Way' beyond left and right, and if so, should we fear or welcome it?This thought-provoking book by Chantal Mouffe, a globally recognized political author, presents a timely account of the current ... Read more

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  • Richard Rorty

    The Making of an American Philosopher

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    On his death in 2007, Richard Rorty was heralded by the New York Times as “one of the world’s most influential contemporary thinkers.” Controversial on the left and the right for his critiques of objectivity and political radicalism, Rorty experienced a renown denied to all but a handful of living philosophers. In this masterly biography, Neil Gross explores the path of Rorty’s thought over the ... Read more

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  • Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations

    by Martin Griffiths, Steven C. Roach, M. Scott Solomon ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    Now in its second edition, Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations has been thoroughly updated with several new entries and a new preface to reflect the latest developments. There are new sections on Constructivism, International Political Theory, and English School, as well as a range of new thinkers. They include:Samuel HuntingtonChristine SylvesterJürgen HabermasJohn RawlsBarr... ... Read more

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  • Cultural Studies 1983

    A Theoretical History

    by Stuart Hall ...
    Series series Stuart Hall: Selected Writings
    The publication of Cultural Studies 1983 is a touchstone event in the history of Cultural Studies and a testament to Stuart Hall's unparalleled contributions. The eight foundational lectures Hall delivered at the University of Illinois in 1983 introduced North American audiences to a thinker and discipline that would shift the course of critical scholarship. Unavailable until now, these lectures ... Read more

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    The Critique of Racial Liberalism

    by Charles W. Mills ...
    Series series Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities
    Liberalism is the political philosophy of equal persons - yet liberalism has refused equality to those it saw as sub-persons. Liberalism is the creed of fairness - yet liberalism has been complicit with European imperialism and African slavery. Liberalism is the classic ideology of Enlightenment and political transparency - yet liberalism has cast a dark veil over its actual racist past and ... Read more

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  • Key Concepts in Classical Social Theory

    by Alex Law ...
    Series series SAGE Key Concepts series
    This book's individual entries introduce, explain and contextualise the key topics within classical social theory. Definitions, summaries and key words are developed throughout with careful cross-referencing allowing students to move effortlessly between core ideas and themes.</p... ... Read more

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