Nihilism and Negritude : Ways of Living in Africa / Célestin Monga.
Monga, Célestin, author.
2016
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Title
Nihilism and Negritude : Ways of Living in Africa / Célestin Monga.
Author
Monga, Célestin, author.
ISBN
9780674972568
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674972568
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (210 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674972568 doi
Call Number
DT14
Dewey Decimal Classification
967.03/3
Summary
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.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016
EBOOK PACKAGE Social Sciences 2016
Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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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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