Writers and Social Thought in Africa - 9781138940574

Taylor & Francis

Writers and Social Thought in AfricaAuthor(s): Wale Adebanwi\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138940574, 978-1138940574\nSynopsis\nSocial theory and social theorizing about Africa has largely ignored African literature. However, because writers are some of the continents finest social thinkers, they have produced and continue to produce works which constitute potential sources for the analysis of social thought, and for constructing social theory, in and beyond the continent.\n\nThis comprehensive collection examines the relationship between African literature and African social thought. It explores the evolution and aesthetics of social thought in African fiction, and African writers conceptions of power and authority, legitimacy, history and modernity, gender and sexuality, culture, epistemology, globalization, and change and continuity in Africa.\n\nThis book was originally published as a special issue of th.