African philosophy in search of identity / D. A. Masolo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Masolo, D. A., author.

Series:

African systems of thought.

African systems of thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, African.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages).

Place of Publication:

London : International African Institute : Indiana University Press : Edinburgh University Press, 2004.

Summary:

African Philosophy in Search of Identity

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Logocentrism and Emotivism:

2 Tempels and the Setting of Ethnophilosophy

3 Systematic Ethnophilosophy

4 Language and Reality

5 Cultures Without Time?

6 Mysticism, Science, Philosophy, and Rationality:

7 Excavating Africa in Western Discourse

8 "Tradition" and "Modernity":

Conclusion:

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7077-7