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Understanding African philosophy : a cross-cultural approach to classical and contemporary issues /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2002.
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| Colección: | Philosophy and the Human Situation.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
- The 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
- The 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.