02140oam 22004334a 450 991049649740332120211022005936.094-6166-414-1https://doi.org/10.11116/9789461664143(CKB)5590000000552498(OCoLC)1280100524(MdBmJHUP)musev2_95000(ScCtBLL)46eaa930-799b-41ae-8a66-fd13bfcde6da(EXLCZ)99559000000055249820211019d2021 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMartin VersfeldA South African Philosopher in Dark Times /Ernst Wolff ; with contributions by Ruth Versfeld [and 4 others]Baltimore, Maryland :Project Muse,2021©20211 online resource (1 EPUB unpaged)94-6270-297-7 Includes bibliographical references.Martin Versfeld (1909-1995) is one of South Africa's greatest philosophers, appreciated by academics and activists, poets and the broader public. His masterful prose spans the tension between disquiet and joy. Detractor of the violent trends of modernity, a critic of apartheid from the first hour, he was among the first philosophers of ecology. At the same time he celebrated the generosity of the world and advocated an ethics of simplicity, drawing on mediaeval theology and Eastern wisdom. His philosophy offered food for thought in dark times of the 20th century, as it still does for us in the 21st century. This first book-length study on Versfeld is an invitation to think with him on justice and exploitation, cultural difference and human nature, religion and the environment, time and connectedness.African philosophy20th centuryElectronic books. African philosophy199.68Wolff Ernst228753Versfeld RuthMdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910496497403321Martin Versfeld2430310UNINA