The African Philosophy ReaderP.H. Coetzee, A.P.J. Roux Divided into eight sections, each with introductory essays, the selections offer rich and detailed insights into a diverse multinational philosophical landscape. Revealed in this pathbreaking work is the way in which traditional philosophical issues related to ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology, for instance, take on specific forms in Africa's postcolonial struggles. Much of its moral, political, and social philosophy is concerned with the turbulent processes of embracing modern identities while protecting ancient cultures. |
Contents
1 DISCOURSES ON AFRICA | 1 |
2 TRENDS IN AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY | 115 |
3 METAPHYSICAL THINKING IN AFRICA | 192 |
4 EPISTEMOLOGY AND THE TRADITION IN AFRICA | 259 |
5 MORALITY IN AFRICAN THOUGHT | 321 |
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The African Philosophy Reader: A Text with Readings Pieter Hendrik Coetzee No preview available - 2003 |
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African culture African philosophy African Renaissance African thought African-Americans Aimé Césaire Akan Akan language alienation anthropology apartheid argued argument Azande Bantu philosophy be-ing belief civil society claim colonial communitarian concept conquest constitution contemporary context critical critique destiny discourse dominant economic èmí epistemology essentialist ethics ethnophilosophy Europe European example existence experience fact feminism feminist force gender globalization his/her Hountondji human rights idea identity ideological indigenous individual intellectual Kant Kant's knowledge land language liberation literature logic London matter means metaphysical moral nature Négritude Nigeria one’s orí particular person Placide Tempels political practices principle problem question race racial reality reason recognized relations relationship religion religious role Senghor sense Skendes social South Africa sovereignty structure struggle Tempels theory Third World traditional truth ubuntu understanding University Press values Western Western philosophy Wiredu women Yoruba Zimbabwe