TY - BOOK ID - 77871569 TI - Philosophising in Mombasa AU - Kresse, Kai AU - International African Institute. PY - 2007 SN - 0748652973 1281252131 9786611252137 0748631739 9780748631735 9781281252135 9780748652976 6611252134 0748627863 0748627871 9780748627868 9780748627875 PB - Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy KW - Philosophical anthropology KW - Anthropology, Philosophical KW - Man (Philosophy) KW - Civilization KW - Life KW - Ontology KW - Humanism KW - Persons KW - Philosophy of mind KW - Mental philosophy KW - Humanities KW - Mombasa (Kenya) KW - Mombassa (Kenya) KW - Mombaz (Kenya) KW - Mvita (Kenya) KW - Mombasa Island (Kenya) KW - Intellectual life. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77871569 AB - Philosophising in Mombasa provides an approach to the anthropological study of philosophical discourses in the Swahili context of Mombasa, Kenya. In this historically established Muslim environment, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, philosophy is investigated as social discourse and intellectual practice, situated in everyday life. This is done from the perspective of an 'anthropology of philosophy', a project which is spelled out in the opening chapter. Entry-points and guidelines for the ethnography are provided by discussions of Swahili literary genres, life histories, and social deb ER -