Sudanese Intellectuals in the Global Milieu - Capturing Cultural Capital

This book propels Sudanese intellectuals into the global intellectual milieu and argues for their place in world intellectual history. The book explores the history and evolution of Sudanese thought, knowledge production, and cultural capital from the fifth century to the twenty-first century.

List of contents

Section I: Introductory

Chapter 1: More than a Grain of Sand: Opening Outward-Sudanese Thought in a Globalized Milieu
Sondra Hale

Chapter 2: Capturing Cultural Capital: Where to Start, and Which Ideas Matter?
Gada Kadoda

Section II: Ghosts and Beacons

Chapter 3: Visitations: Dialogue with the Ghost of Dr. John Garang
Francis Mading Deng

Chapter 4: The Beacon: A Glimpse of Suad Ibrahim Ahmed's Intellectual Life
Fatima Babiker Mahmoud, with an Addendum by Mohamed Suliman and Azza Mohamed

Section III: Hybridities and Ambiguities

Chapter 5: The Invention of the Northern Sudanese
Abdullahi Ali Ibrahim

Chapter 6: The Rise and Decline of the Hybridity Thesis in the Intellectual Discourse on Identity: The Sudan Example
Mohamed Abusabib

Section IV: The Production of Intellectuals

Chapter 7: Interrogating the Dilemma of Sudanese Academics: Producing Knowledge or Recycling Ideologies
Atta El-Battahani

Chapter 8: The Pioneering Women's and Gender Studies Intellectuals in Sudan:

About the author

Gada Kadoda is founding president of the Sudanese Knowledge Society.Sondra Hale is professor emerita in anthropology and gender studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Summary

This book propels Sudanese intellectuals into the global intellectual milieu and argues for their place in world intellectual history. The book explores the history and evolution of Sudanese thought, knowledge production, and cultural capital from the fifth century to the twenty-first century.

Product details

• Authors: Gada Hale Kadoda
• Assisted by: Sondra Hale (Editor), Hale Sondra (Editor), Gada Kadoda (Editor), Kadoda Gada (Editor), Tim Niblock (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9781793622761
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-276-1
• No. of pages: 342
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sudan, History of Ideas, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies