African Literature, Animism and Politics

Writing Africa
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-23751-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 504 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures

This book marks an important contribution to colonial and postcolonial studies in its clarification of the African discourse of consciousness and its far-reaching analyses of a literature of animism. It will be of great interest to scholars in many fields including literary and critical theory, philosophy, anthropology, politics and psychoanalysis.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rooney, Caroline

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Indigene Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part I: Clandestine Antigones and the Pre-Post-Colonial 1. Clandestine antigones 2. Non-belonging: the family without origin; the origin without family 3. Fetishism and a politics of the other 4. The pre-post-colonial and the Abiku 5. The question of a regressive hybridity 6. The death drive and spirit possession 7. Antigone and negotiation Part II: From Hegel on Africa Towards a Reading of African Writing 8. Hegel on Africa 9. The narcissistic aesthetic 10. The art of the undeniable 11. A walk with 'A Walk in the Night'

Über Autor(innen)

Caroline Rooney