Paths Toward a Clearing: Radical Empiricism and Ethnographic Inquiry (African Systems of Thought)

Front Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 3
Series titles......Page 4
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
1. Introduction......Page 17
2. Two Lives......Page 35
3. Ajala\'s Heads: Thrownness and Free Will in African Thought......Page 52
4. How to Do Things with Stones......Page 67
5. The Identity of the Dead......Page 83
6. The Witch as a Category and as a Person......Page 104
7. The Man Who Could Turn into an Elephant......Page 118
8. Knowledge of the Body......Page 135
9. Thinking through the Body......Page 153
10. The Migration of a Name: Alexander in Africa......Page 172
11. On Ethnographic Truth......Page 186
1. Introduction......Page 205
2. Two Lives......Page 208
3. Ajala\'s Heads......Page 210
4. How to Do Things with Stones......Page 213
5. The Identity of the Dead......Page 214
6. The Wtich as a Category and as a Person......Page 216
7. The Man Who Could Turn into an Elephant......Page 218
8. Kohwledge of the Body......Page 220
9. Thinking through the Body......Page 224
10. The Migration of a Name......Page 228
11. On Ethnographic Truth......Page 232
Bibliography......Page 234
Index......Page 249