Explorations in African systems of thought
By: edited by Ivan Karp & Charles S. Bird.
Contributors: Karp, Ivan.; Bird, Charles S. 1935-; Indiana University, Bloomington. African Studies Program.
Series: African systems of thought
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
Subjects: Ethnophilosophy -- Africa.; Cognition and culture -- Africa.; Africa -- Religion.
Description: Explorations in African Systems of Thought examines the problems currently faced by researchers in the analysis of systems of belief in African societies. In contrast to the prevailing emphasis on the analysis of partial systems of thought, such as witchcraft beliefs or spirit possesion, the present collection of thirteen original essays stresses a more broadly analytic approach that relates the study of African systems of thought to other aspects of culture and social organization in African societies.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Papers given at a seminar organized for the African Studies Program at Indiana University in 1977.