01890nam 2200373 450 991049849440332120230514105223.0(CKB)5590000000554012(NjHacI)995590000000554012(PPN)262083574(EXLCZ)99559000000055401220230514d2021 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMartin Versfeld A South African Philosopher in Dark Times /Ernst Wolff and Ruth VersfeldLeuven, Belgium :Leuven University Press,2021.1 online resource (223 pages) illustrations94-6166-415-X 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.Martin Versfeld Philosophy, AfricanPhilosophy, African.199.68Wolff Ernst228753Versfeld RuthNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910498494403321Martin Versfeld2430310UNINA