Agency and Changing World Views in Africa

Zusatztext

Two directions of thought are assembled in this book: It includes contributions which conceptualize agency and world views on the basis of different theoretical approaches. They foster a critical view on the normative implications of agency itself as well as they reflect on the claim of interpretive hegemonony of human rights, concepts of law, democracy, or neoliberalism. At the other hand, we present contributions that examine the confrontation of world views in particular cases. They are discussed on distinct empirical grounds such as law, e. g. islamic law, children's rights, law and development, political ideology and analyse the role of transcendental powers.Contributors are: Walter E. A. van Beek, Patrick Chabal, Hauke Dorsch, Dieter Goetze, Signe Howell, Elísio Macamo and Dieter Neubert, Norbert Oberauer, Harald Sippel and Ulrike Wanitzek.

Autorenportrait

Dieter Neubert is Professor of Development Sociology at the University of Bayreuth. Christine Scherer is Coordinator of the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies, University of Bayreuth.

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