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Harmattan - A Philosophical Fiction (Paperback)
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Harmattan - A Philosophical Fiction (Paperback)
Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
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We all experience qualms and anxieties when we move from the known
to the unknown. Though our fulfillment in life may depend on
testing limits, our faintheartedness is a reminder of our need for
security and our awareness of the risks of venturing into alien
worlds. Evoking the hot, dust-filled Harmattan winds that blow from
the Sahara to the Gulf of Guinea, this book creatively explores
what it means to be buffeted by the unforeseen and the unknown.
Celebrating the life-giving potential of people, places, and powers
that lie beyond our established worlds, Harmattan connects
existential vitality to the act of resisting prescribed customs and
questioning received notions of truth. At the book's heart is the
fictional story of Tom Lannon, a graduate student from Cambridge
University, who remains ambivalent about pursuing a conventional
life. After traveling to Sierra Leone in the aftermath of its
devastating civil war, Tom meets a writer who helps him explore the
possibilities of renewal. Illustrating the fact that certain
aspects of human existence are common to all people regardless of
culture and history, Harmattan remakes the distinction between home
and world and the relationship between knowledge and life.
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