Andrew Apter

3.1k citations
45 papers · 1.5k · 1 hit paper · h-index 14

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

43 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Andrew Apter's Hit Papers

The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge 1991 · 688 citations
6880+11+23Years since publication200400600

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Andrew Apter
Comparison fields: 5 of 107
  • Anthropology 639
  • Religious studies 101
  • Literature and Literary Theory 200
  • Archeology 19
  • Music 47
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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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1991688
2 2006151
3 2005134
4 199475
5 199571
6 199159
7 199453
8 200227
9 200717
10 198717
11 199917
12 200217
13 198715
14 198314
15 201513
16 199413
17 199613
18 199812
19 199510
20 201310

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 45 papers that have together received 1.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Caribbean history, culture, and politics (9 papers), Anthropological Studies and Insights (8 papers), African cultural and philosophical studies (6 papers), African history and culture studies (6 papers), Colonialism, slavery, and trade (6 papers), Postcolonial and Cultural Literary 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 (639 citations), Religious studies (101 citations), Literature and Literary Theory (200 citations), Archeology (19 citations) and Music (47 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, Bruce J. Rounsaville, Ronald M. Kadden, Thomas F. Babor, Joseph A. Burleson and Stephen Aaron. Their work appears in journals such as Cahiers d études africaines, Philosophical Psychology, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Diaspora A Journal of Transnational Studies and Journal of Religion in Africa.

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