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African symbols, proverbs, and myths : the hermeneutics of destiny
- Title
- African symbols, proverbs, and myths : the hermeneutics of destiny / Raphael Okechukwu Madu.
- Author
- Madu, Raphael Okechukwu, 1955-
- Publication
- New York : P. Lang, 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | DT515.45.I33 M33 1992 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxxviii, 327 pages; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies in African and African-American culture ; vol. 3
- Uniform Title
- Studies in African and African-American culture ; v. 3.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-321) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. I. A Brief Study of Paul Ricoeur's Hermeneutic Methodology as Proemium to the Interpretation of Igbo Culture and Symbols. 1. A General Survey of the Development of Hermeneutics: A Thematic Essay. 2. The Hermeneutics of Symbols and Philosophical Reflection: Essay on Method. 3. Metaphorical and Philosophical Discourse -- Pt. II. Human Nature, Culture, and Destiny. 4. Human Nature and Cultural Processes: Cassirer. 5. Expression and Signification of Destiny -- Pt. III. Towards the Hermeneutics of Igbo Culture, Symbols, Proverbs, and Myths on Human Destiny: Presentation, Analysis, and Hermeneutic Re-Creation. 6. Principal Elements of Traditional Igbo Life. 7. MMADU (Human Being) as the Center of Destiny. 8. Igbo Symbolic Forms on the Human Destiny as Language-Bound. 9. Towards a Hermeneutic Re-Creation of Igbo Proverbs on Human Destiny. 10. The Mythical Scenario of the Igbo Concept of Human Destiny. Notes. Appendix: Igbo Language and Orthography. Geographical Distribution.
- Literary Standard of Igbo. Igbo Orthography. Notes.
- ISBN
- 0820418633 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 91042886
- OCLC
- ocm25025432
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries