The African philosophy reader : a text with readings /
The African philosophy reader : a text with readings /
edited by P.H. Coetzee and A.P.J. Roux.
- Second edition.
- xvii, 667 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Copyright Acknowledgements -- Discourses on Africa -- The struggle for reason in Africa / Categories of cross-cultural cognition and the African condition / On decolonizing African religions / Negritude: Literature and ideology / Moving the centre: Towards a pluralism of cultures / Ideology and culture: The African experience / The critique of Eurocentrism and the practice of African Philosophy / Black Consciousness and the quest for a true humanity / Is there an African philosophy in existence today? / Trends in African philosophy -- The status of Father Tempels and ethnophilosophy in the discourse of African philosophy / Francophone African philosophy / Four trends in current African philosophy / An alienated literature / African 'philosophy': Deconstructive and reconstructive challenges / Metaphysical thinking in Africa -- Themes in African metaphysics / Eniyan: The Yoruba concept of a person / The concept of cause in African thought / Metaphysics, religion, and Yoruba traditional thought / Self as a problem in African philosophy / Epistemology and the tradition in Africa -- African epistemology / The philosophy of ubuntu and ubuntu as a philosophy / The concept of trust in the Akan language / Logic and rationality / African heritage and contemporary life / Morality in African thought -- Particularity in morality and its relation to community / The moral foundations of an African culture / Person and community in African thought / An Akan perspective on human rights / The ethics of ubuntu / Primacy of the ethical order over the economic order: Reflections for an ethical economy / Race and gender -- South African women and the ties that bind / Should woman love 'wisdom'? / Race, culture, identity: Misunderstood connections / Visualizing the body / Essence of cultures and a sense of history: A feminist critique of cultural essentialism / The colour of reason: The idea of 'race' in Kant's anthropology / Justice and restitution in African political thought -- Historic titles in law / I conquer, therefore I am the sovereign: Reflections upon sovereignty, constitutionalism, and democracy in Zimbabwe and South Africa / Producing knowledge in Africa today / Reconciliation and social justice in southern Africa: The Zimbabwe experience / Rescuing the post-colonial state of Africa: A reconceptualization of the role of the civil society / Neo-dependency and Africa's fragmentation / Africa in the global context -- Later Marxist morality: Its relevance for Africa's post-colonial situation / Rethinking communities in a global context / Globalization and African Renaissance: An ethical reflection / Alienation and the African-American experience / 'African Renaissance': A northbound gaze / Negritude and the gods of equity / Globalization and ubuntu / References -- index. Mogobe B. Ramose -- Emevwo Biakolo -- Kwasi Wiredu -- F. Abiola Irele -- Ngugi Wa Thiong'o -- H. Odera Oruka -- Tsenay Serequeberhan -- Steve B. Biko -- Issiaka P. Laleye -- Moya Deacon -- F. Abiola Irele -- H. Odera Oruka -- Paulin J. Hountondji -- Lucius Outlaw -- Lebisa J. Teffo and Abraham P. J. Roux -- Segun Gbadegesin -- Godwin S. Sogolo -- Olusegun Oladipo -- Chukwudum B. Okolo -- Didier N. Kaphagawani and Jeanette G. Malherbe -- Mogobe B. Ramose -- Kwasi Wiredu -- Godwin G. Sogolo -- Subairi B. Nasseem -- Pieter H. Coetzee -- Kwasi Wiredu -- Kwame Gyekye -- Kwasi Wiredu -- Mogobe B. Ramose -- Musambi Malongi Ya-Mona -- Jennifer R. Wilkinson -- Gail M. Presbey -- Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Oyeronke Oyewumi -- Uma Narayan -- Emmanuel C. Eze -- Mogobe B. Ramose -- Mogobe B. Ramose -- Paulin J. Hountondji -- Ibbo Mandaza -- Eghosa E. Osaghae -- Ali A. Mazrui -- Pieter H. Coetzee -- D. A. Masolo -- M. F. Murobe -- Howard McGary -- Mogobe B. Ramose -- Wole Soyinka -- Mogobe B. Ramose -- Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8.
"The African Philosophy Reader, Second Edition, is a substantially revised and greatly enhanced collection of writings on African philosophy. Editors P.H. Coetzee and A.P.J. Roux have brought together thirty-seven philosophers, thirty-three of whom are black Africans, to present the most current philosophical discussions. 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."--Publisher description.
0415968097 9780415968096
2006280181
Philosophy, African
B5305 / .A375 2003
199.6
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Copyright Acknowledgements -- Discourses on Africa -- The struggle for reason in Africa / Categories of cross-cultural cognition and the African condition / On decolonizing African religions / Negritude: Literature and ideology / Moving the centre: Towards a pluralism of cultures / Ideology and culture: The African experience / The critique of Eurocentrism and the practice of African Philosophy / Black Consciousness and the quest for a true humanity / Is there an African philosophy in existence today? / Trends in African philosophy -- The status of Father Tempels and ethnophilosophy in the discourse of African philosophy / Francophone African philosophy / Four trends in current African philosophy / An alienated literature / African 'philosophy': Deconstructive and reconstructive challenges / Metaphysical thinking in Africa -- Themes in African metaphysics / Eniyan: The Yoruba concept of a person / The concept of cause in African thought / Metaphysics, religion, and Yoruba traditional thought / Self as a problem in African philosophy / Epistemology and the tradition in Africa -- African epistemology / The philosophy of ubuntu and ubuntu as a philosophy / The concept of trust in the Akan language / Logic and rationality / African heritage and contemporary life / Morality in African thought -- Particularity in morality and its relation to community / The moral foundations of an African culture / Person and community in African thought / An Akan perspective on human rights / The ethics of ubuntu / Primacy of the ethical order over the economic order: Reflections for an ethical economy / Race and gender -- South African women and the ties that bind / Should woman love 'wisdom'? / Race, culture, identity: Misunderstood connections / Visualizing the body / Essence of cultures and a sense of history: A feminist critique of cultural essentialism / The colour of reason: The idea of 'race' in Kant's anthropology / Justice and restitution in African political thought -- Historic titles in law / I conquer, therefore I am the sovereign: Reflections upon sovereignty, constitutionalism, and democracy in Zimbabwe and South Africa / Producing knowledge in Africa today / Reconciliation and social justice in southern Africa: The Zimbabwe experience / Rescuing the post-colonial state of Africa: A reconceptualization of the role of the civil society / Neo-dependency and Africa's fragmentation / Africa in the global context -- Later Marxist morality: Its relevance for Africa's post-colonial situation / Rethinking communities in a global context / Globalization and African Renaissance: An ethical reflection / Alienation and the African-American experience / 'African Renaissance': A northbound gaze / Negritude and the gods of equity / Globalization and ubuntu / References -- index. Mogobe B. Ramose -- Emevwo Biakolo -- Kwasi Wiredu -- F. Abiola Irele -- Ngugi Wa Thiong'o -- H. Odera Oruka -- Tsenay Serequeberhan -- Steve B. Biko -- Issiaka P. Laleye -- Moya Deacon -- F. Abiola Irele -- H. Odera Oruka -- Paulin J. Hountondji -- Lucius Outlaw -- Lebisa J. Teffo and Abraham P. J. Roux -- Segun Gbadegesin -- Godwin S. Sogolo -- Olusegun Oladipo -- Chukwudum B. Okolo -- Didier N. Kaphagawani and Jeanette G. Malherbe -- Mogobe B. Ramose -- Kwasi Wiredu -- Godwin G. Sogolo -- Subairi B. Nasseem -- Pieter H. Coetzee -- Kwasi Wiredu -- Kwame Gyekye -- Kwasi Wiredu -- Mogobe B. Ramose -- Musambi Malongi Ya-Mona -- Jennifer R. Wilkinson -- Gail M. Presbey -- Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Oyeronke Oyewumi -- Uma Narayan -- Emmanuel C. Eze -- Mogobe B. Ramose -- Mogobe B. Ramose -- Paulin J. Hountondji -- Ibbo Mandaza -- Eghosa E. Osaghae -- Ali A. Mazrui -- Pieter H. Coetzee -- D. A. Masolo -- M. F. Murobe -- Howard McGary -- Mogobe B. Ramose -- Wole Soyinka -- Mogobe B. Ramose -- Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8.
"The African Philosophy Reader, Second Edition, is a substantially revised and greatly enhanced collection of writings on African philosophy. Editors P.H. Coetzee and A.P.J. Roux have brought together thirty-seven philosophers, thirty-three of whom are black Africans, to present the most current philosophical discussions. 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."--Publisher description.
0415968097 9780415968096
2006280181
Philosophy, African
B5305 / .A375 2003
199.6