{"product_id":"the-scent-of-the-father-essay-on-the-limits-of-life-and-science-in-sub-saharan-africa-hardback-9781509551385","title":"The Scent of the Father; Essay on the Limits of Life and Science in Sub-Saharan Africa (Hardback) 9781509551385","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Scent of the Father\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssay on the Limits of Life and Science in Sub-Saharan Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eValentin-Yves Mudimbe (Author), Jonathan Adjemian (Translated by), Felwine Sarr (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509551385, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 November 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“For all who would take ‘decolonization’ seriously, \u003ci\u003eThe Scent of the Father\u003c\/i\u003e exemplifies the praxis of \u003ci\u003eradical rethinking\u003c\/i\u003e that must be engaged in and is, thus, required reading.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucius T. Outlaw (Jr.), W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, \u003ci\u003eVanderbilt University\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This translation, which is very timely within the broader context of debates about ‘decolonizing the curriculum’… will thus be eagerly welcomed by non-francophone readers.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrench Studies Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eValentin-Yves Mudimbe is a Congolese philosopher, novelist, poet, essayist, and academic, widely considered to be one of the most important African thinkers of his generation. The ideas and arguments he has developed in his writings since the 1970s, including \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Africa\u003c\/i\u003e, have been hugely influential across many disciplines and established his reputation as one of the essential postcolonial thinkers of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Scent of the Father\u003c\/i\u003e, Mudimbe set himself the task of shedding light on the complex links that bind Africa to the West and determine the exercise of thought and knowledge practices, particularly in relation to the social sciences. For Africa to escape the West, says Mudimbe, it must become aware of what remains Western in the very concepts and forms of thought that allow it to think against the West, and be alert to the possibility that the recourse against the West might be just another ruse that the West uses for its own ends. Africa must elucidate the modalities of the integration of Africans into the myths of the West, while at the same time aiming at the readaptation of the African psyche in the wake of the violence it has suffered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis seminal work by a leading African thinker will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the legacies of colonialism and the debates on decolonization and decoloniality in the social and human sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword – Felwine Sarr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I. POSITIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. A Sign, a Scent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. What Order of African Discourse?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Theoretical Problems in the Social Sciences and Humanities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Christianity, a Question of Life?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e II. ANALYSES AND TENDENCIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Society, Education, Creativity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. Cultural Cooperation and Dialogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Universities – What Future?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. Western Cultural Power and Christianity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III. QUESTIONS AND OPENINGS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. “Niam M’Paya”: At the Sources of an African Thinking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. On African Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sorcery: A Language and a Theory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. And What Will God Become?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Interdisciplinarity and Educational Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Immediate History: An African Practice of Dialectical Materialism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Price of Sin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e IV. IN LIEU OF A CONCLUSION: What Murder of the Father?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441811583256,"sku":"9781509551385","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509551385.jpg?v=1785026632","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-scent-of-the-father-essay-on-the-limits-of-life-and-science-in-sub-saharan-africa-hardback-9781509551385","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}