Philosophical Perspectives on Communalism and Morality in African Traditions
Philosophical Perspectives on Communalism and Morality in African Traditions

Author: Polycarp Ikuenobe

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 9780739114926

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This book examines the idea of communalism in African cultures as a dominant philosophical theme that provides the conceptual foundation for African traditional moral thoughts, moral education, values, beliefs, conceptions of reality, practices, ways of life, and the now popular African saying, 'it takes a village to raise a child.' It defends communalism against various criticisms and argues that when properly understood and harnessed, it could provide the necessary foundation for Africa's development.

African Philosophy and Thought Systems
African Philosophy and Thought Systems

Author: Mawere, Munyaradzi

Publisher: Langaa RPCIG

Published: 2016-01-21

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9956763012

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The once acrimonious debate on the existence of African philosophy has come of age, yet the need to cultivate a culture of belonging is more demanding now than ever before in many African societies. The gargantuan indelible energised chicanery waves of neo-colonialism and globalisation and their sweeping effect on Africa demand more concerted action and solutions than cul-de-sac discourses and magical realism. It is in view of this realisation that this book was born. This is a vital text for understanding contextual historical trends in the development of African philosophic ideas on the continent and how Africans could possibly navigate the turbulent catadromous waters, tangled webs and chasms of destruction, and chagrin of struggles that have engrossed Africa since the dawn of slavery and colonial projects on the continent. The book aims to generate more insights and influence national, continental, and global debates in the field of philosophy. It is accessible and handy to a wider range of readers, ranging from educators and students of African philosophy, anthropology, African studies, cultural studies, and all those concerned with the further development of African philosophy and thought systems on the African continent.

Menkiti on Community and Becoming a Person
Menkiti on Community and Becoming a Person

Author: Edwin Etieyibo

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-07-24

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1498583660

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Ifeanyi Menkiti’s articulation of an African conception of personhood—especially in “Person and Community in African Traditional Thought” —has become very influential in African philosophy. Menkiti on Community and Becoming a Person contributes to the debate in African philosophy on personhood by engaging with various aspects of Menkiti’s account of person and community. The contributors examine this account in relation to themes such as individualism, communalism, rights, individual liberty, moral agency, communal ethics, education, state and nation building, elderhood and ancestorhood. Through these themes, this book, edited by Edwin Etieyibo and Polycarp Ikuenobe, shows that Menkiti’s account of personhood in the context of community is both fundamental and foundational to epistemological, metaphysical, logical, ethical, legal, social and political issues in African thought systems.

Prophecies and Protests
Prophecies and Protests

Author: Henk van den Heuvel

Publisher: Rozenberg Publishers

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 9051709498

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What can managers around the globe learn from the indigenous African term ""Ubuntu"" (humane-ness)?For the first time ever, ""African management"" advocates, interpretative scholars, and academic skeptics, are brought together in a unique book, displaying the richness of the debate on Afrocentric management vision. This debate is characterized by polarization, cultural protest, emancipatory aspiration, mystification and opportunism. Prophecies and Protests offers a broad spectrum of remarkably diverse views from different backgrounds, and could be seen as an important step to foster the dialogue between protagonists and critics, between practitioners and academics. Especially today, the central theme of the book is relevant, in an era of worldwide cultural diffusion, and a longing for authenticity and romanticized histories.

Understanding African Philosophy
Understanding African Philosophy

Author: Richard H. Bell

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780415939379

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First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The African Philosophy Reader
The African Philosophy Reader

Author: Pieter Hendrik Coetzee

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 9780415189057

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This collection provides a thorough introduction to African philosophy, literature, religion and anthropology through twenty-five readings from key thinkers. They discuss topics such as African culture, epistemology, metaphysics and religion, political philosophy, aesthetics, and explore rationality and explanation in an African context.

The Palgrave Handbook of African Philosophy
The Palgrave Handbook of African Philosophy

Author: Adeshina Afolayan

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-11-17

Total Pages: 863

ISBN-13: 1137592915

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This handbook investigates the current state and future possibilities of African Philosophy, as a discipline and as a practice, vis-à-vis the challenge of African development and Africa’s place in a globalized, neoliberal capitalist economy. The volume offers a comprehensive survey of the philosophical enterprise in Africa, especially with reference to current discourses, arguments and new issues—feminism and gender, terrorism and fundamentalism, sexuality, development, identity, pedagogy and multidisciplinarity, etc.—that are significant for understanding how Africa can resume its arrested march towards decolonization and liberation.

African Ethics
African Ethics

Author: Munyaradzi Felix Murove

Publisher: University of Kwazulu Natal Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13:

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This is the first comprehensive volume on African ethics, centered on Ubuntu and its relevance today. Important contemporary issues are explored, such as African bioethics, business ethics, traditional African attitudes to the environment, and the possible development of a new form of democracy based on indigenous African political systems. In a world that has become interconnected, this anthology demonstrates that African ethics can make valuable contributions to global ethics. It is not only African academics, students, organizations, or those individuals committed to ethics that are envisaged as the beneficiaries of this book, but all humankind. A number of topics presented here were inspired by a Shona proverb that says, Ndarira imwe hairiri (One brass wire cannot produce a sound). The chorus of voices in African Ethics demonstrates this proverbial truism.

Gujarat, Cradle and Harbinger of Identity Politi - India′s Injurious Frame of Communalism
Gujarat, Cradle and Harbinger of Identity Politi - India′s Injurious Frame of Communalism

Author: Ghanshyam Shah

Publisher:

Published: 2022-02-28

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9788195055944

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This book is a collection of essays written over the last five decades to document events related to the communal politics that have flourished in Gujarat. It features chapters on the historical aspects of communalism and the growth of the BJP in Gujarat, particularly focusing on its electoral politics.

Encyclopedia of African Religion
Encyclopedia of African Religion

Author: Molefi Kete Asante

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 473

ISBN-13: 1412936365

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Collects almost five hundred entries that cover the African response to spirituality, taboos, ethics, sacred space, and objects.