{"product_id":"the-idea-of-africa-9780253208729","title":"The Idea of Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\". . . this is a remarkable book. It will occupy a significant place in the critical literature of African Studies.\" --International Journal of African Historical Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"To read Mudimbe is to walk through a museum of many exhibits in the company of an erudite companion who explains, with much learned commentary, what you are seeing.\" --American Anthropologist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mudimbe's sympathetic yet rigorous accounts of such diverse Africanist discourses as Herskovits's cultural relativism and contemporary Afrocentricity bring to the surface the underlying goals and contexts in which these were produced.\" --Ivan Karp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA sequel to his highly acclaimed The Invention of Africa, this is V. Y. Mudimbe's exploration of how the \"idea\" of Africa was constructed by the Western world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eV. Y. MUDIMBE is the R. F. DeVernay Professor of Romance Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature and Anthropology at Duke University. His books include The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy and the Order of Knowledge, Fables and Parables, and The Surreptitious Speech.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318639759634,"sku":"9780253208729","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_551e6dbd-4ca0-4870-b2c5-6baf0480da3b.jpg?v=1727559527","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-idea-of-africa-9780253208729","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}