The Ink of the Scholars : Reflections on Philosophy in Africa /

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What are the issues discussed today by African philosophers? Four important topics are identified here as important objects of philosophical reflection on the African continent. One is the question of ontology in relation to African religions and aesthetics. Another is the question of time and, in p...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Diagne, Souleymane Bachir (Author)
Other Authors: Adjemian, Jonathan (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
Series:Codesria book series.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
African philosophy
Philosophy > Africa.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The force of living
  • Bantu philosophy : a contradictory text
  • Ontology of living force
  • Languages and translation
  • Proof by aesthetics
  • The time we need
  • That time we call African
  • Words to speak of time
  • To foresee or to anticipate
  • Speech and ink
  • Sense of urgency and the passage to writing
  • Philosophy and orality
  • Meanings of Timbuktu
  • Socialisms and democracy
  • The African path to socialism according to Nyerere
  • Socialism, consciencism, spiritualism and secularism
  • Senghor and humanist socialism
  • The democratic turn and the African Charter on Human and People's Rights
  • Conclusion : lessons from the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.

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