| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 189 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-181) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Understanding another culture -- Understanding others and ourselves -- A procedure from an aesthetic point of view -- "Found in translation" -- 2. Foundations of modern African philosophy -- Ethnophilosophy and the "negritude" movement -- Critical, scientific philosophy -- Sage philosophy -- 3. Liberation and postcolonial African philosophy -- African humanism and socialism -- Postcolonial African thought -- Question of "race" -- 4. African moral philosophy 1 : community and justice -- Persons, individualism, and communalism -- Suffering and injustice -- Poverty and human development -- 5. African moral philosophy 2 : truth and reconciliation -- Linking communalism, Ubuntu, and restorative justice -- Understanding the grammar of justice after apartheid -- "Not all storytelling heals" : criticisms of the TRC process -- Justice and political transformation -- 6. Narrative in African philosophy : orality and icons -- Philosophical significance of oral narratives -- Rational dialogue, democracy, and the village palaver -- Finding pictures and fictitious narratives "surprising" -- Iconic forms and the aesthetic consciousness revisited -- 7. Some concluding remarks. |
| Summary |
A critical guide to some of the most important issues in modern African philosophy. Topics include the legacy of colonialism, the challenges of post-independence Africa and African oral and written philosophical traditions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Philosophy, African.
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Philosophy, African. |
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Philosophy -- Africa.
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Philosophy. |
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Africa. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bell, Richard H. Understanding African philosophy. New York : Routledge, 2002 (DLC) 2002283789 |
| ISBN |
0203800745 (electronic book) |
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9780203800744 (electronic book) |
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0203800788 (electronic book) |
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9780203800782 (electronic book) |
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0415939364 (Cloth) |
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0415939372 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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