Andrew Apter

3.1k citations
46 papers · 1.8k · 1 hit paper · h-index 16

Impact in

  • Anthropology top 0.5%
    • Anthropological Studies and Insights
    • African history and culture studies
    • Colonialism, slavery, and trade
    • Global Maritime and Colonial Histories

Papers in

Andrew Apter

44 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Andrew Apter's Hit Papers

The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge 1991 · 800 citations
8000+11+23Years since publication250500750

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Andrew Apter
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  • Anthropology 762
  • Religious studies 121
  • Literature and Literary Theory 231
  • Archeology 20
  • Sociology and Political Science 758
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All Works

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The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge
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1991800
2 2006168
3 2005158
4 199194
5 199489
6 199580
7 199454
8 200240
9 200226
10 199923
11 200718
12 198717
13 198716
14 198716
15 199415
16 199615
17 199814
18 201514
19 198314
20 199513

About Andrew Apter

Andrew Apter is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science, Cultural Studies, Literature and Literary Theory and Education, having authored 46 papers that have together received 1.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Caribbean history, culture, and politics (9 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (8 papers), African history and culture studies (6 papers), Colonialism, slavery, and trade (6 papers), Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (6 papers), African cultural and philosophical studies (6 papers), African studies and sociopolitical issues (4 papers) and Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (762 citations), Religious studies (121 citations), Literature and Literary Theory (231 citations), Archeology (20 citations) and Sociology and Political Science (758 citations). Andrew Apter has collaborated with scholars based in United States and France. Frequent co-authors include V. Y. Mudimbé, Michael D Levin, Eric Gable, Henry R. Kranzler, Sally L. Satel, Thomas F. Babor, Joseph A. Burleson, Ronald M. Kadden, Bruce J. Rounsaville and Stephen Aaron. Their work appears in journals such as Cahiers d études africaines, Comprehensive Psychiatry, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Diaspora A Journal of Transnational Studies and Philosophical Psychology.

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