Essays on contemporary issues in African philosophy / Jonathan O. Chimakonam, Edwin Etieyibo, Ike Odimegwu, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chimakonam, Jonathan O., editor.

Etieyibo, Edwin E., editor.

Odimegwu, Ike, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, African--21st century.

Philosophy, African.

Physical Description:

xxii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]

Summary:

This volume is a collection of chapters on contemporary issues within African philosophy. They are issues African philosophy must grapple with in order to demonstrate its readiness to make a stand against some of the challenges society faces in the coming decade. Examples of such issues are xenophobia, Afro-phobia, extreme poverty, democratic failure and migration. This text covers new methodical directions and there is focus on the conversationalist, complementarist and consolationist movements within the field as well as the place of Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS). The collection speaks to African philosophy's place in intellectual history with coverage of African Ethics and African socio-political philosophy. Contributors come from a variety of backgrounds, institutions and countries. Through their innovative ideas, they provide fresh insight and intellectual energy. The book appeals to students and researchers in philosophy and African studies.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Eight Practical Issues in Contemporary African Philosophy / Munamato Chemhuru

How African is Philosophy in Africa? / Paulin J. Hountondji

Doing Philosophy in the African Place: A Perspective on the Language Challenge / Chukwueloka S. Uduagwu

The Fallacy of Exclusion and the Promise of Conversational Philosophy in Africa / Fainos Mangena

How Conversational Philosophy Profits from the Particularist and the Universalist Agenda / L. Uchenna Ogbonnaya

Examining the Method and Praxis of Conversation a I ism / Aribiah David Attoe

Why the Normative Conception of Personhood is Problematic: A Proposal for a Conversational Account / Jonathan O. Chimakonam

African Ethics and Agent-Centred Duties / Motsamai Molefe

On the One Concept and Many Accounts of African Ethics / Edwin Etieyibo

How to Report on War in the Light of an African Ethic / Thaddeus Metz

Taking African Virtue Ethics and Character Training Principles to the Schools / Jim Ijenwa Unah

Ubuntu as a Plausible Ground for a Normative Theory of Justice from the African Place / Victor C. A. Nweke

Remedial Approach to Cultural Globalization and Intercultural Competence / Solomon O. Ojomah

Decolonial Philosophical Praxis Exemplified Through Superiorist and Adseredative Understandings of Development / Bjorn Freter

Totality by Analogy; Or: The Limits of Law and Black Subjectivity / Leonhard Praeg

The African Philosopher and The Burden of Indigenous Knowledge System (IKS) / Olatunji Alabi Oyeshile

Changes, Adaptation and Complementary Noetic Transformation / Innocent I. Asouzu

Ageing, Ageism, Cultural Representations of the Elderly and the Duty to Care in African Traditions / Kenneth Uyi Abudu

The Struggle to Forgive: Some Philosophical and Theological Reflections / Cyril-Mary P. Olatunji

The Themes of Nihilism, Pessimism, and Optimism in Ibuanyidanda and Consolation Ontologies / Ada Agada

African Philosophy: The Twentieth Century Rhetorics of Identity / Michael Nnamdi Konye.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783030704353

3030704351

OCLC:

1235415418

Publisher Number:

99989177714