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Afrikology: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Knowledge and Value in Africa

Afrikology: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Knowledge and Value in Africa

Explore how African cultural knowledge can broaden debates about
economics, identity, and development beyond the opposing frameworks of
capitalism and communism.
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Ronnie Lessem

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How do the ways societies understand knowledge and value influence the way they organise their economies and communities? Afrikology: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Knowledge and Value in Africa examines this question through an Africa-centred perspective.

The book considers how global thought has often been organised around opposing economic and political models, particularly capitalism and communism, while overlooking the cultural depth and diversity of other knowledge traditions. Adodo and Lessem invite readers to reconsider these inherited frameworks and take African experiences, philosophies, and ways of knowing seriously in conversations about social and economic life.

Rather than treating African knowledge as a marginal addition to established theories, the book asks how it can contribute to rebuilding the concepts through which societies understand human value, development, and collective life.

Who may find this book useful?

  • Readers of African philosophy and social thought
  • Students and researchers in development studies, sociology, and cultural studies
  • Educators, policy thinkers, and practitioners interested in African-centred approaches to knowledge and development
Publisher / imprint: Beacon Academic (Beacon Books)
Publication details: 2021 
Format: Paperback

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