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Author Kresse, Kai.

Title Philosophising in Mombasa : knowledge, Islam and intellectual practice on the Swahili coast / Kai Kresse.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 288 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series International African library ; 35
International African library ; 35.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary 'Philosophising in Mombasa' provides an approach to the anthropological study of philosophical discourses in the Swahili context of Mombasa, Kenya. Entry-points and guidelines for the ethnography are provided by discussions on Swahili literary genres, life histories, and social debates.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Contents Contents; List of Maps and Figures; Preface and Acknowledgements; Sources; About the Author; Maps; Prologue; Part I; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Part II; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Part III; Chapter 7; Epilogue; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Subject Philosophy -- Kenya -- Mombasa.
Philosophy.
Kenya -- Mombasa.
Philosophical anthropology -- Kenya -- Mombasa.
Philosophical anthropology.
Mombasa (Kenya) -- Intellectual life.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author International African Institute.
Other Form: Print version: Kresse, Kai. Philosophising in Mombasa. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute, ©2007 9780748627868 0748627863 (OCoLC)77796314
ISBN 9780748631735 (electronic book)
0748631739 (electronic book)
1281252131
9781281252135
0748627863 (hardback)
0748627871 (paperback)
9780748627868 (hardback)
9780748627875 (paperback)