African witchcraft and otherness : a philosophical and theological critique of intersubjective relations /

"This work of African philosophy and theology uses the thought of Emmanuel Levinas to provide an analysis of tfu (witchcraft) among the Wimbum people of Cameroon along with a critique of intersubjective relations. Taking an approach he calls "critical contextualism," author Elias Bong...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bongmba, Elias Kifon, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Lévinas, Emmanuel > Ethics.
Lévinas, Emmanuel
Witchcraft > Cameroon > Donga and Mantung.
Limbum (African people) > Religion.
Interpersonal relations > Moral and ethical aspects > Cameroon > Donga and Mantung.
Wimbum (Peuple d'Afrique) > Religion.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Magick Studies.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Witchcraft & Wicca.
Ethics
Interpersonal relations > Moral and ethical aspects
Limbum (African people) > Religion
Witchcraft
Social Sciences.
Parapsychology & Occult Sciences.
Donga and Mantung (Cameroon) > Religious life and customs.
Cameroon > Donga and Mantung
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 The Wimbum People 1
  • Chapter 2 Toward a Hermeneutics of Wimbum Tfu 17
  • Chapter 3 Beyond the Rationality Debate to Contextual Ethics 55
  • Chapter 4 Levinas on the Ethics of the Other 71
  • Chapter 5 Toward a Philosophical and Theological Critique of Tfu 101
  • Appendix Different Levels of Tfu Knowledge 171.

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