What Does “Modernity” and “Postmodernity” Mean to Northern Nigerians?
The concepts of “postmodernity” and “postcoloniality” are often used interchangeably in the study of nonwestern cultures. These terms are both temporal markers and signifiers of a set of affects and values. This contribution to the roundtable argues that the slippage in the multivalent meanings of t...
Subtitles: | Roundtable on normativity in islamic studies |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2016]
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 84, Issue: 1, Pages: 60-73 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nigeria (Nord)
/ Colonialism
/ Interreligiosity
/ The Postmodern
/ Islam
/ Wholeness
/ Rule
/ Certitude
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RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |