Nihilism and Negritude – Ways of Living in Africa
Autor Célestin Monga, Madeleine Velguthen Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 aug 2016
A searching, often searing, meditation on ways of living in modern Africa, Nihilism and Negritude dispels the stereotypes that cloud how outsiders view the continent--and how Africans sometimes view themselves. In the role of a traveler-philosopher, Monga seeks to register "the picturesque absurdity of daily life" in his native Cameroon and across the continent. Whether navigating the chaotic choreography of street traffic or discoursing on the philosophy of caf menus, he illuminates the patterns of reasoning behind everyday behaviors and offers new interpretations of what some observers have misunderstood as Africans' resigned acceptance of suffering and violence.
Monga does not wish to revive Negritude, the once-influential movement that sought to identify and celebrate allegedly unique African values. Rather, he seeks to show how daily life and thought--witnessed in dance and music, sensual pleasure and bodily experience, faith and mourning--reflect a form of nihilism developed to cope with chaos, poverty, and oppression. This is not the nihilism of despair, Monga insists, but the determination to find meaning and even joy in a life that would otherwise seem absurd.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780674970724
ISBN-10: 0674970721
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 135 x 189 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Harvard University Press
ISBN-10: 0674970721
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 135 x 189 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Harvard University Press
Descriere
In a searching meditation on ways of living in modern Africa, Monga dispels the stereotypes that cloud how outsiders view the continent, and how Africans sometimes view themselves. He shows how dance, music, bodily experience, faith, and mourning reflect a nihilism that finds meaning and joy in a life that would otherwise seem absurd.