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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822199103321

Titolo

The African philosophy reader : a text with readings / / edited by P.H. Coetzee and A.P.J. Roux

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-135-88418-8

1-138-13071-0

1-135-88419-6

1-280-10962-9

0-203-49322-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (813 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CoetzeeP. H <1949-> (Pieter Hendrik)

RouxA. P. J

Disciplina

199/.6

Soggetti

Philosophy, African

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1. DISCOURSES ON AFRICA; 2. TRENDS IN AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY; 3. METAPHYSICAL THINKING IN AFRICA; 4. EPISTEMOLOGY AND THE TRADITION IN AFRICA; 5. MORALITY IN AFRICAN THOUGHT; 6. RACE AND GENDER; 7. JUSTICE AND RESTITUTION IN AFRICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT; 8. AFRICA IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Divided into eight sections, each with introductory essays, the selections offer rich and detailed insights into a diverse multinational philosophical landscape. Revealed in this pathbreaking work is the way in which traditional philosophical issues related to ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology, for instance, take on specific forms in Africa's postcolonial struggles. Much of its moral, political, and social philosophy is concerned with the turbulent processes of embracing modern identities while protecting ancient cultures.