Critical Conversations in African Philosophy

Asixoxe - Let's Talk
Herausgeber: Rettová, Alena; Pahl, Miriam; Lanfranchi, Benedetta

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Produktbeschreibung

In this edited collection contributors examine key themes, sources and methods in contemporary African Philosophy,¿building on äwide-ranging understanding of what constitutes African philosophy, and drawing from a variety of both oral and written texts of different genres. Part one of the volume examines how African philosophy has reacted to burning issues, ranging from contemporary ethical questions on how to integrate technological advancements into human life; to one of philosophy's prime endeavours, which is establishing the conditions of knowledge; to eternal ontological and existential questions on the nature of being, time, memory and death. Part two reflects on the (re)definition of philosophy from an African vantage point and African philosophy's thrust to create its own canon, archive and resources to study African concepts, artefacts, practices and texts from the perspective of intellectual history.¿The volume aims to make a contribution to the academic debate on African philosophy and philosophy more broadly, challenging orthodox definitions and genres,¿in favour of a broadening of the¿discipline's self-understanding and locales. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of African philosophy and comparative philosophy. ¿

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 552g
• ISBN-13: 9780367776046
• ISBN-10: 0367776049
• Artikelnr.: 62799705

Autorenporträt

Alena Rettová is Professor of African and Afrophone Philosophies, University of Bayreuth, Germany. Benedetta Lanfranchi is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Bayreuth, Germany. Miriam Pahl has a PhD from SOAS University of London and has worked for DAAD in Nairobi.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. African Philosophy from the Things Themselves Part I: Themes
Chapter 1: Technology as Domination or Liberation? An Analysis of the
Philosophy of Technology in Relation to African Philosophy and Development
Initiatives, Aviv Milgram Chapter 2: Epistemic pragmatism and the problem
of relativism: implications of comparisons between epistemic concepts in
Yorùbá and English language analytic epistemology, Yola West-Dennis Chapter
3: Euphrase Kezilahabi's thinking poetry: his philosophy, his poetics and
Kerewe oral poetry. Roberto Gaudioso Chapter 4: Absurditea: The Unity of
Being, the Absurd, and the Importance of the Circle in Euphrase
Kezilahabi's "Chai ya Jioni" Tom Jelpke Chapter 5: Mbiti Revisited:
Acknowledging the affinity between the philosophies of time of John S.
Mbiti and Edmund Husserl and asserting the importance of an inclusive
philosophy of the afterlife, Claire Amaladoss Chapter 6: African versus
Western Time or Philosophies of Time? Exploring the Possibilities of
Philosophical Dialogue across African and Western Traditions of Thought,
Benedetta Lanfranchi Part II: Sources Chapter 7: Philosophising by proxy: a
hermeneutic critique of African philosophical literature from the twin
imaginaries of collective or individual thought, and the divisibility of
culture and philosophy, Brett Pollack Chapter 8: Found in Translation:
Multilingualism and Philosoph, Ella Hiesmayr Chapter 9: Epistemology and
literature: Positivism, indeterminacy, holism, and relativism in the
Swahili novel, Alena Rettová Chapter 10: "If we knew the reality of things,
we would be the masters of our own lives." Reflections of a West African
Diviner, Louis Brenner Chapter 11: Clarity through comparative philosophy,
Becca Stacey