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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

Philosophy --- Philosophical anthropology --- Anthropology, Philosophical --- Man (Philosophy) --- Civilization --- Life --- Ontology --- Humanism --- Persons --- Philosophy of mind --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Mombasa (Kenya) --- Mombassa (Kenya) --- Mombaz (Kenya) --- Mvita (Kenya) --- Mombasa Island (Kenya) --- Intellectual life.