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Understanding African philosophy : a cross-cultural approach to classical and contemporary issues / Richard H. Bell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bell, Richard H.
- Series:
- Philosophy and the Human Situation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, African.
- Philosophy--Africa.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A critical guide to some of the most important issues in modern African philosophy. Topics include the legacy of colonialism, the challenges of post-independence Africa and African oral and written philosophical traditions.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Understanding Another Culture
- Understanding Others and Ourselves
- A Procedure from an Aesthetic Point of View
- "Found in Translation"
- 2. Foundations of Modern African Philosophy
- Ethnophilosophy and the "Negritude" Movement
- Critical, Scientific Philosophy
- Sage Philosophy
- 3. Liberation and Postcolonial African Philosophy
- African Humanism and Socialism
- Postcolonial African Thought
- The Question of "Race"
- 4. African Moral Philosophy I: Community and Justice
- Persons, Individualism, and Communalism
- Suffering and Injustice
- Poverty and Human Development
- 5. African Moral Philosophy II: Truth and Reconciliation
- Linking Communalism, Ubuntu, and Restorative Justice
- Understanding the Grammar of Justice after Apartheid
- "Not All Storytelling Heals": Criticisms of the TRC Process
- Justice and Political Transformation
- 6. Narrative in African Philosophy: Orality and Icons
- The Philosophical Significance of Oral Narratives
- Rational Dialogue, Democracy, and the Village Palaver
- Finding Pictures and Fictitious Narratives "Surprising"
- Iconic Forms and the Aesthetic Consciousness Revisited
- 7. Some Concluding Remarks.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-181) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781135948658
- 1135948658
- 9780203800744
- 0203800745
- 9780203800782
- 0203800788
- 9781280071959
- 1280071958
- 9781135948665
- 1135948666
- OCLC:
- 437081867
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