03370nam 2200661 a 450 991081125970332120200520144314.01-135-94865-80-203-80074-50-203-80078-81-280-07195-81-135-94866-610.4324/9780203800744 (CKB)1000000000255811(EBL)178993(OCoLC)437081867(SSID)ssj0000312239(PQKBManifestationID)11212354(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000312239(PQKBWorkID)10330184(PQKB)10013861(MiAaPQ)EBC178993(Au-PeEL)EBL178993(CaPaEBR)ebr10101104(CaONFJC)MIL7195(OCoLC)252921985(PPN)187291586(EXLCZ)99100000000025581120020624d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnderstanding African philosophy a cross-cultural approach to classical and contemporary issues /Richard H. BellNew York Routledge20021 online resource (206 p.)Philosophy and the Human SituationDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-93937-2 0-415-93936-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-181) and index.Machine generated contents note: 1. Understanding Another Culture -- Understanding Others and Ourselves -- A Procedure from an Aesthetic Point of View -- "Found in Translation" -- 2. Foundations of Modern African Philosophy -- Ethnophilosophy and the "Negritude" Movement -- Critical, Scientific Philosophy -- Sage Philosophy -- 3. Liberation and Postcolonial African Philosophy -- African Humanism and Socialism -- Postcolonial African Thought -- The Question of "Race" -- 4. African Moral Philosophy I: Community and Justice -- Persons, Individualism, and Communalism -- Suffering and Injustice -- Poverty and Human Development -- 5. African Moral Philosophy II: Truth and Reconciliation -- Linking Communalism, Ubuntu, and Restorative Justice -- Understanding the Grammar of Justice after Apartheid -- "Not All Storytelling Heals": Criticisms of the TRC Process -- Justice and Political Transformation -- 6. Narrative in African Philosophy: Orality and Icons -- The Philosophical Significance of Oral Narratives -- Rational Dialogue, Democracy, and the Village Palaver -- Finding Pictures and Fictitious Narratives "Surprising" -- Iconic Forms and the Aesthetic Consciousness Revisited -- 7. Some Concluding Remarks.A critical guide to some of the most important issues in modern African philosophy. Topics include the legacy of colonialism, the challenges of post-independence Africa and African oral and written philosophical traditions.Philosophy and the Human SituationPhilosophy, AfricanPhilosophyAfricaPhilosophy, African.Philosophy199/.6Bell Richard H1643213MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811259703321Understanding African philosophy3988320UNINA