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Understanding African philosophy : a cross-cultural approach to classical and contemporary issues
- Title
- Understanding African philosophy : a cross-cultural approach to classical and contemporary issues / Richard H. Bell.
- Author
- Bell, Richard H.
- Publication
- New York : Routledge, [2002]
- ©2002
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | B5305 .B444 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 189 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-181) and index.
- Contents
- 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 1 : community and justice -- Persons, individualism, and communalism -- Suffering and injustice -- Poverty and human development -- 5. African moral philosophy 2 : 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.
- ISBN
- 0415939364
- 9780415939362
- 0415939372
- 9780415939379
- LCCN
- 2002283789
- OCLC
- ocm49395054
- 49395054
- SCSB-1249572
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library