Download or read book The Mudimbe Reader written by V. Y. Mudimbe and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V. Y. Mudimbe is a Congolese philosopher, professor, and author of poems and novels as well as books and articles on African culture and intellectual history (including 'The Invention of Africa'). Mudimbe is known for his efforts to bridge Western and African modes of knowledge and for his critiques of a range of disciplines, from classics and philosophy to anthropology and comparative literature. The Mudimbe Reader includes some essays previously unavailable in English. Contents: Part I: The nation. Western legacy and negro consciousness: an introductory study of the sources of African ideology; The rigors of economics: a reading; A meeting with L.G. Dumas. Part II: Anthropology and the postcolonial. E.W. Blyden's legacy and questions; Alexis Kagame, priest and scholar (1912-1981); What is the real thing? Psychoanalysis and African mythical narratives. Part III. Classical antiquity and African modernity. Herodotus the liar; When was Africa discovered?; In the house of Libya a mediation. Part IV. Visual culture. The self and its others; From "primitive art" to "memoria loci"; 'Reprendre': enunciations and strategies in contemporary African arts.