Philosophising in Mombasa
Subtitle: Knowledge, Islam and Intellectual Practice on the Swahili Coast (International African Library)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: April 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780748627868
Subjects: Ethnography; Islamic & Arabic philosophy; Islamic studies; Religion; Kenya; Islam - Theology; Philosophy; Religion / Islam; Islam - General
Description: "Philosophising in Mombasa provides an approach to the anthropological study of philosophical discourses in the Swahili context of Mombasa, Kenya. In this historically established Muslim environment, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, philosophy is investigated as social discourse and intellectual practice, situated in everyday life. This is done from the perspective of an 'anthropology of philosophy', a project which is spelled out in the opening chapter."--Jacket.