Understanding African philosophy : a cross-cultural approach to classical and contemporary issues / / Richard H. Bell
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| Autore: |
Bell Richard H.
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| Titolo: |
Understanding African philosophy : a cross-cultural approach to classical and contemporary issues / / Richard H. Bell
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (206 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 199/.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Philosophy, African |
| Philosophy - Africa | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-181) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Understanding African philosophy |
| ISBN: | 1-135-94865-8 |
| 0-203-80074-5 | |
| 0-203-80078-8 | |
| 1-280-07195-8 | |
| 1-135-94866-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783941803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Philosophy and the Human Situation