Richard H. Bell

Understanding African Philosophy

A Cross-cultural Approach to Classical and Contemporary Issues

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Produktbeschreibung

This probing and engaging book is a critical guide to some of the most important issues in modern African philosophy. Bell introduces readers to the complexity of Africa, the legacy of colonialism, and the challenges of post-independence Africa, and the history and achievement of the various options in African philosophy. The book discusses African oral and written philosophical traditions, concepts of 'negritude', 'African Socialism', and 'race' and topics in international development ethics.

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Understanding African Philosophy serves as a critical guide to some of the most important issues in modern African philosophy. Richard Bell introduces readers to the complexity of Africa, the legacy of colonialism, the challenges of post independence Africa, and other recent developments in African Philosophy. Chapters discuss the value of African oral and written texts for philosophy, concepts of negritude, African socialism, and race, as well as current discussions in international development ethics connected to poverty and human suffering. Two chapters are focused on moral issues related to community, justice, and civic responsibility. Bell's sensitivity to and engagement with the complications of cross-cultural understandings help non-African readers connect with African culture and thought.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9780415939379
• ISBN-10: 0415939372
• Artikelnr.: 21940859

Autorenporträt

Richard H. Bell is Professor of Philosophy at the College of Wooster. He is the author of several books including Simone Weil: The Way of Justice as Compassion (1998), co-author of Seeds of the Spirit: Wisdom of the TwentiethCentury (1995) and editor of Simone Weil's Philosophy ofCulture (1993).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgements 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 Notes Bibliography Index