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Author: Molefi Kete Asante
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 473
ISBN-13: 1412936365
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollects almost five hundred entries that cover the African response to spirituality, taboos, ethics, sacred space, and objects.
Author: D A Masolo
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2019-08-06
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1474470777
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfrican Philosophy in Search of Identity
Author: Placide Tempels
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781884631092
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andani Thakhathi
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2022-01-28
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1802622594
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTranscendent Development contains morally courageous, creative storytelling prose offering paradigm shifts, empirical evidence and surprising “antenarratives” that explain how a harmonious Africa may be realised, starting in the Mother Continent’s Southern-most tip.
Author: Sam O. Imbo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 1998-03-26
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1461636507
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOrganized topically rather than historically, this book provides an excellent introduction to the subject of African Philosophy. Samuel Oluoch Imbo synthesizes the ideas of key African philosophers into an accessible narrative. The author focuses on five central questions: What are the definitions of African philosophy? Is ethno-philosophy really philosophy? What are the dangers of an African philosophy that claims to be 'unique'? Can African philosophy be done in foreign languages such as English and French? Are there useful ways to make connections between African philosophy, African American philosophy, and women's studies? By making cross-disciplinary and transnational connections, Imbo stakes out an important place for African philosophy. Imbo's book is an invaluable introduction to this dynamic and growing area of study.
Author: Munyaradzi Mawere
Publisher: African Books Collective
Published: 2016-01-21
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9956763152
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: P.H. Coetzee
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-03-01
Total Pages: 1027
ISBN-13: 1135884188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDivided 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.
Author: Henry Odera Oruka
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2022-06-08
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9004452265
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSage Philosophy is an anthology of three main parts: Part one contains papers by Odera Oruka clearing the way and arguing about his research over the last decade on indigenous sages in Kenya. Part Two introduces verbatim interviews with a given number of those sages, while Part Three consists of published papers by scholars who are critics or commentators on the Oruka project. The author has spent the last decade in Kenya carrying out his research. It is the general stand of the book that the sages turn out to be thinkers or philosophers in no trivial sense, despite their lack of modern formal education. This study is a critique for all those scholars who hitherto have found no practice of critical philosophy in traditional Africa.
Author: Christian B. N. Gade
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2017-04-18
Total Pages: 121
ISBN-13: 1498512267
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany have argued that ubuntu was a formative influence on the post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), South Africa’s famous transitional justice mechanism. A Discourse on African Philosophy: A New Perspective on Ubuntu and Transitional Justice in South Africa challenges and contextualizes this view in a way that not only provides new findings and reflections on ubuntu and the TRC, but also contributes to the field of African philosophy. One of Christian B. N. Gade’s key findings, founded on qualitative interviews in South Africa, is that some former TRC commissioners and committee members question the importance of ubuntu in the TRC process. Another is that there are several differing and historically developing interpretations of ubuntu, some of which have evident political implications and reflect non-factual and creative uses of history. Thus ubuntu is not a shared cultural heritage, in the ethnophilosophical sense of a static property characterizing a group. In fact, throughout this book Gade argues that the ethnophilosophical approach to African philosophy as a static group property is highly problematic. Gade’s research presents an alternative collective discourse on African philosophy (“collective” in the sense that it does not focus on any single individual in particular) that takes differences, historical developments, and social contexts seriously. This book will be of interest to scholars in African philosophy, transitional justice, politics and cultural heritage, and law in South Africa.
Author: F. Ochieng’-Odhiambo
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2009-10-02
Total Pages: 345
ISBN-13: 1443814865
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConversations in Philosophy: Crossing the Boundaries consists of essays that revolve around the question of the nature and meaning of philosophy, even as it demonstrates philosophy’s significance and relevance to some fundamental human problems and issues. The essays present diverse views of what philosophy might be and might aspire to be, with contributors being influenced by a wide range of philosophical approaches and traditions. The conversations also cut across disciplinary boundaries to interrogate and utilize ideas taken from ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, literary studies, cultural studies, and the sociology of science. Traversing regional boundaries, the essays show philosophical analysis at work in exploring some issues pertinent to African, Caribbean, European and American experiences, even while not ignoring Asian traditions. The collection presents interesting and intriguing views on how philosophical inquiry can illuminate various pressing problems: development, conflict, the discriminating preservation of worthwhile traditions, and the prevalence of apathy. It also reflects the vitality and multifaceted nature of philosophical discourse in grappling with live issues. Conversations in Philosophy is a comprehensive, balanced, and unique anthology of readings capturing the diversity of philosophical investigation.
