| Existentia Africana: Understanding Africana Existential Thought Contributor(s): Gordon, Lewis R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415926432 ISBN-13: 9780415926430 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: The intellectual history of the last quarter of this century has been marked by the growing influence of Africana thought--an area of philosophy that focuses on issues raised by the struggle over ideas in African cultures and their hybrid forms in Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean. i Existentia Africana /i is an engaging and highly readable introduction to the field of Africana philosophy and will help to define this rapidly growing field. Lewis R. Gordon clearly explains Africana existential thought to a general audience, covering a wide range of both classic and contemporary thinkers--from Douglass and DuBois to Fanon, Davis and Zack. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Existentialism - History | Africa - General |
| Dewey: 142.780 |
| LCCN: 99047909 |
| Lexile Measure: 1290 |
| Series: Africana Thought |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.25" W x 9.37" (1.20 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |