Afrikology and transdisciplinarity : a restorative epistemology / by Dani Wadada Nabudere.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nabudere, D. Wadada.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of--Africa.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Place of Publication:

Pretoria : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph is intended to examine the epistemology of restorative rights in view of the continuing violation of rights in all aspects of life on the African continent and other parts of the world. It is based on the research, which the Marcus Garvey Pan-Afrikan Institute undertook between 2006ñ2008, under a cross-disciplinary research project entitled Restorative Justice and its Relationship to International Humanitarian Law, which resulted in a Comprehensive Report that was later discussed at an international conference in Nairobi in August 2008. This conference was opened by the Prime Mi

Contents:

Cover; Title page; A Restorative Epistemology; In memory of Prof Dani Wadada Nabudere - an Ode to an African Intellectual Giant; Contents; Introduction; A. Restorative movement; B. What is justice?; 1. Theoretical Problems. Revealed By The Research; 2. The Central Problem: A Fragmented Polarised Worldview; A. The historical origin of the problem; B. Hermeneutic attempt to resolve the problem; 3. Quantamasisation And Transdisciplinarity; A. The quantum leap; B. The transdisciplinary manifesto; 4. Research, Method And Methodology; A. The building blocks

B. Natural Sciences and the Social Sciences: The problem of epistemologyC. Hermeneutics and the sciences; i) Cognitive psychology and the schema theory; ii) Geometry and 'triangulation'; iii) Simulation and modelling; iv) Relational theory and philosophy; 5. Science, Non-Science And Co-Evolution; 6. Afrikology And Research; A. Continuity of the word; B. The spiritual and ethical foundations of the word; 7. Transdisciplinarity And The Word; A. A reconvergence of man and nature; B. Towards a theory of collective action; C. Social innovation; D. Integral innovation; E. Social constructivism

F. Agricology and a global green economy8. The Deconstruction Of The Hegemonic Undirectional Scholarship; A. The recovery of ancient Egypt as black civilisation; B. Anthropology; C. History; D. African studies; E. African women andfeminist-gender studies; F. African philosophy; 9. Research, Language And Epistemology; 10. Indigeneous Knowledge Systems And Afrikology; 11. A Against Anti-Humanism; Conclusion; References; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613716781

9780798302845

0798302844

9781280875472

128087547X

9780798303132

0798303131

9780798303125

0798303123

9780798303149

079830314X

OCLC:

830165672