Sorcery, Totem, and Jihad in African Philosophy

by Christopher Wise

In this significant new work in African Philosophy, Christopher Wise explores deconstruction's historical indebtedness to Egypto-African civilization and its relevance in Islamicate Africa today. He does so by comparing deconstructive and African thought on the spoken utterance, nothingness, conjuration, the oath or vow, occult sorcery, blood election, violence, circumcision, totemic inscription practices, animal metamorphosis and sacrifice, the Abrahamic,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350013110
• ISBN13: 9781350013117
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"