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Sorcery, Totem, and Jihad in African Philosophy (Hardcover)
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Sorcery, Totem, and Jihad in African Philosophy (Hardcover)
Series: Suspensions: Contemporary Middle Eastern and Islamicate Thought
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In this significant new work in African philosophy, Christopher
Wise explores deconstruction's historical indebtedness to
Egypto-African civilization and its relevance in Islamicate Africa
today. He does so by comparing deconstructive and African thought
on the spoken utterance, nothingness, conjuration, the oath or vow,
occult sorcery, blood election, violence, circumcision, totemic
inscription practices, animal metamorphosis and sacrifice, the
Abrahamic, fratricide, and jihad. Situated against the backdrop of
the Ansar Dine's recent jihad in Northern Mali, Sorcery, Totem and
Jihad in African Philosophy examines the root causes of the
conflict and offers insight into the Sahel's ancient, complex, and
vibrant civilization. This book also demonstrates the relevance of
deconstructive thought in the African setting, especially the
writing of the Franco-Algerian philosopher Jacques Derrida.
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