The African Novel of Ideas : Philosophy and Individualism in the Age of Global Writing /

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"This study focuses on the role of the philosophical novel-a genre that favors abstract concepts, or "thinking about thinking," over style, plot, or character development-and the role of philosophy more broadly in the intellectual life of the African continent. As philosophy over the...

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Main Author: Jackson, Jeanne-Marie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Thought and thinking in literature.
Philosophy in literature.
African fiction (English) > 21st century > History and criticism.
African fiction (English) > 20th century > History and criticism.
African fiction (English)
Pensee dans la litterature.
Philosophie dans la litterature.
Roman africain (anglais) > 21e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman africain (anglais) > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Disaggregating Liberalism
  • National Horizons
  • Ethiopia Unbound as Afro-Comparatist Novel: The Case for Liberated Solitude
  • Between the House of Stone and a Hard Place: Stanlake Samkange's Philosophical Turn
  • Global Recessions
  • A Forked Path, Forever: Kintu between Reason and Rationality
  • Bodies Impolitic: African Deaths of Philosophical Suicide
  • Epilogue: Speculations on the Future of African Literary Studies.

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