Existence and heritage : hermeneutic explorations in African and continental philosophy / Tsenay Serequeberhan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Serequeberhan, Tsenay, 1952- author.

Series:

SUNY series, philosophy and race.

SUNY series, Philosophy and Race

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, African.

Hermeneutics.

Africa--Colonization--Philosophy.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Existence and Heritage, Tsenay Serequeberhan examines what the European philosophical tradition has to offer when encountered from the outsider perspective of postcolonial African thought. He reads Kant in the context of contemporary international relations, finds in Gadamer's work a way of conceiving relations among differing traditions, and explores Heidegger's analysis of existence as it converges with Marx's critique of alienation. In the confluence of these different assessments, Serequeberhan articulates both a need and example of responding to Fanon's call for a new kind of thinking in philosophy. He demonstrates both how continental philosophy can be a useful resource for theorizing Africa's postcolonial condition and how postcolonial thought and African philosophy can provide a new way of approaching and understanding the Western tradition.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: The Possible in Philosophy; I; II; III; Introduction: Reflections and Encounters; I; II; III; IV; I. Reflections; 1 Decolonization and Philosophy; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; 2 Continental and African Philosophy: Dialogue at a Distance; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; VIII; II. Encounters; 3 Post-9/11, Perpetual Peace? A Reading of Immanuel Kant; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; 4 Hermeneutics and Differing Traditions: A Reading of Hans-Georg Gadamer; I; II; III; IV; V; VI; VII; 5 Karl Marx, Martin Heidegger, and Postcolonial Africa; I; II; III; IV; V

Conclusion: Frantz Fanon, Thinking as OpennessI; II; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438457918

143845791X

OCLC:

923734604