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020			_a9789956790593
020			_z9789956790586
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050		4	_aB5315.K56 _bN837 2013
100	1		_aNtamack, Serge, _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA scriptural sculpture of knowledges _h[electronic resource] / _cSerge Mtamack.
260			_aBaltimore, Maryland : _bProject Muse, _c2013 _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
260			_a[Oxford, England] : _bDistributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective _c _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
260			_aMankon, Cameroon : _bLangaa Research & Publishing CIG, _c[2013] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 PDF (xiv, 170 pages))
500			_aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 146-170).
505	0		_aIntroduction -- (In)security and knowledge creation -- Creativity and recognition -- Space and postcoloniality -- Science and knowing -- Human and environmental cognition -- Bibliography.
520			_aThis book is a scriptural sculpture of how the physical dimensions of the earth - built and natural - and antecedents of history structure knowledges and the physical containers - human and non-human that embody those knowledges. The book deals with universalisms grounded on African experiences and perspectives. A key theme is how (in)security relates to knowledge creation by drawing a parallel between the proliferation of violent conflict in Africa and the marginal position that the continent occupies in the modern formation of knowledge. Also explored is the concept of creativity in relation to art and politics, as experienced by the black African elite. Bottlenecks to African creativity and the role of space and history in the production and reproduction of knowledge and ways of knowing are critically reviewed. The author makes a case for the existence of irreducible forms of knowledge existing in distinct laboratories and traces how particular biological and environment features interact with human cognition to form what passes for knowledge. He interrogates the variety of environment cognition in the light of an increasing homogenization of human cognition globally with a particular accent on climate change. This is a bold and legitimate voice on an important conversation.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aPhilosophy, African.
650		0	_aKnowledge, Theory of _zAfrica.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse, _edistributor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9956790591 _z9789956790593
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9789956790593/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c33711 _d33711