Nihilism and Negritude : : Ways of Living in Africa / / Célestin Monga.
In a searching meditation on ways of living in modern Africa, Célestin Monga dispels the stereotypes that cloud how outsiders view the continent, and how Africans sometimes view themselves. He shows how dance, music, bodily experience, faith, and mourning reflect a nihilism that finds meaning and jo...
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Monga, Célestin, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Nihilism and Negritude : Ways of Living in Africa / Célestin Monga. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016] ©2016 1 online resource (210 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. Nihilism: African Variations -- Desire's Ruses: Political Economy of Marriage -- I Eat Therefore I Am: Philosophy of the Table -- Poetics of Movement: Visions of Dance and Music -- The Savor of Sin: Dialogue around God's Funeral -- Ethic of the Uses of the Body: A Theory of Self- Esteem -- Violence as Ethic of Evil -- Conclusion. Nihilism to Tame Death -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In a searching meditation on ways of living in modern Africa, Célestin Monga dispels the stereotypes that cloud how outsiders view the continent, and how Africans sometimes view themselves. He shows how dance, music, bodily experience, faith, and mourning reflect a nihilism that finds meaning and joy in a life that would otherwise seem absurd. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Blacks Race identity. Nihilism (Philosophy). Social ethics Africa, Sub-Saharan. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global). bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016 9783110485103 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Social Sciences 2016 9783110485332 ZDB-23-DSW Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 9783110638585 print 9780674971424 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674972568 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674972568 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674972568.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. Nihilism: African Variations -- Desire's Ruses: Political Economy of Marriage -- I Eat Therefore I Am: Philosophy of the Table -- Poetics of Movement: Visions of Dance and Music -- The Savor of Sin: Dialogue around God's Funeral -- Ethic of the Uses of the Body: A Theory of Self- Esteem -- Violence as Ethic of Evil -- Conclusion. Nihilism to Tame Death -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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