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Book Synopsis Ethnophilosophy and the Search for the Wellspring of African Philosophy by : Ada Agada
Download or read book Ethnophilosophy and the Search for the Wellspring of African Philosophy written by Ada Agada and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-12 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a case for the de-stigmatisation of ethnophilosophy by demonstrating its continuing relevance in contemporary African philosophy. The book brings together established and brilliant young scholars who defend ethnophilosophy as a unique source of African philosophy with the capacity to colour African philosophical scholarship, thereby distinguishing African philosophy from other philosophical traditions of the world and setting the stage for philosophical dialogue in the 21st century characterised by multiculturalism and globalisation. The volume addresses the future of African philosophy by closely linking the past of this tradition with the exciting projects of the contemporary system builders whose works emerge from the ethnophilosophical while transcending it. The book is aimed at African philosophy experts, scholars of intercultural philosophy, African studies scholars and graduate students of African and intercultural philosophy.
Book Synopsis Ibuanyidanda (complementary Reflection) and Some Basic Philosophical Problems in Africa Today by : Innocent Asouzu
Download or read book Ibuanyidanda (complementary Reflection) and Some Basic Philosophical Problems in Africa Today written by Innocent Asouzu and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2013 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an insightful account of how some fundamental phenomena and mechanisms control human consciousness, impacting the way we think, will, and act. The book identifies these phenomena and mechanisms as ihe mkpuchi anya, the super-maxim, and the inherently tension-laden ambivalent character of our experience of reality. It re-examines fundamental problems of philosophy from the perspective of ibuanyidanda (complementary reflection) and how the problems reappear in the way philosophy is conducted in Africa today. (Series: Studies in African Philosophy - Vol. 8)
Book Synopsis Kimmerle’s Intercultural Philosophy and Beyond by : Renate Schepen
Download or read book Kimmerle’s Intercultural Philosophy and Beyond written by Renate Schepen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-11 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a concise overview of the development of intercultural philosophy since the early 1990s, focusing on one of its key pioneers Heinz Kimmerle (1930– 2016). Building on influences from Gadamer, Heidegger, Derrida and Ramose, Kimmerle’s approach to intercultural philosophy is radical and fosters epistemic justice. Kimmerle critically reflected on his own western philosophical tradition, highlighting the problems of a discourse based on a dominant concept of rationality, and of excluding different approaches and participants. Instead, Kimmerle developed an alternative way of thinking, emphasizing the importance Of recognizing philosophies of different cultures. He focused particularly on African philosophies in academic discourse. In the book, the many layers of Kimmerle’s intercultural philosophy are revealed, exploring how dialectics, hermeneutics, deconstruction and decolonization can contribute to epistemic justice. The author goes beyond Kimmerle and demonstrates how Kimmerle’s approach can be further enhanced by using an intersectional approach and by engaging in dialogue with female philosophers and artists. This new study, which also introduces unpublished and untranslated texts from Kimmerle’s work in German and Dutch, will be of considerable interest to researchers of continental philosophy, intercultural and African philosophy, political philosophy, decolonial and feminist studies.
Book Synopsis Ka Osi Sọ Onye: African Philosophy in the Postmodern Era by : Jonathan Chimakonam
Download or read book Ka Osi Sọ Onye: African Philosophy in the Postmodern Era written by Jonathan Chimakonam and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection is about composing thought at the level of modernism and decomposing it at the postmodern level where many cocks might crow with African philosophy as a focal point. It has two parts: part one is titled ‘The Journey of Reason in African Philosophy’, and part two is titled ‘African Philosophy and Postmodern Thinking’. There are seven chapters in both parts. Five of the essays are reprinted here as important selections while nine are completely new essays commissioned for this book. As their titles suggest, in part one, African philosophy is unfolded in the manifestation of reason as embedded in modern thought while in part two, it draws the effect of reason as implicated in the postmodern orientation. While part one strikes at what V. Y. Mudimbe calls the “colonising structure” or the Greco-European logo-phallo-euro-centricism in thought, part two bashes the excesses of modernism and partly valorises postmodernism. In some chapters, modernism is presented as an intellectual version of communalism characterised by the cliché: ‘our people say’. Our thinking is that the voice of reason is not the voice of the people but the voice of an individual. The idea of this book is to open new vistas for the discipline of African philosophy. African philosophy is thus presented as a disagreement discourse. Without rivalry of thoughts, Africa will settle for far less. This gives postmodernism an important place, perhaps deservedly more important than history of philosophy allocates to it. It is that philosophical moment that says ‘philosophers must cease speaking like gods in their hegemonic cultural shrines and begin to converse across borders with one another’. In this conversation, the goal for African philosophers must not be to find final answers but to sustain the conversation which alone can extend human reason to its furthermost reaches.
Book Synopsis Essays on Contemporary Issues in African Philosophy by : Jonathan O. Chimakonam
Download or read book Essays on Contemporary Issues in African Philosophy written by Jonathan O. Chimakonam and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-06 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of chapters about contemporary issues within African philosophy. They are issues African philosophy must grapple with to demonstrate its readiness to make a stand against some of the challenges society faces in the coming decade such as xenophobia, Afro-phobia, extreme poverty, democratic failure and migration. The text covers new methodical directions and there is focus on the conversationalist, complementarist and consolationist movements within the field as well as the place of the Indigenous Knowledge System.The collection speaks to African philosophy’s place in intellectual history with coverage of African Ethics and African socio-political philosophy. Contributors come from a variety of different backgrounds, institutions and countries. Through their innovative ideas, they provide fresh insight and intellectual energy. The book appeals to philosophy students and researchers.
Book Synopsis Atuolu Omalu by : Jonathan O. Chimakonam
Download or read book Atuolu Omalu written by Jonathan O. Chimakonam and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of African philosophy is surrounded by controversy. Decades after the “great debate” over its mere existence, many vital questions have been left unanswered. From examining the origins of African philosophy to addressing fundamental issues in ontology, epistemology, ethics, and political thought, this collection of essays brings fresh insight to questions both old and new. First time readers and seasoned scholars alike will find this book to be an essential resource in African thought. Atụọlụ Ọmalụ gives shape and direction to a hitherto formless discipline and heralds an exciting future for African philosophy.
Book Synopsis African Ethics by : Jonathan O. Chimakonam
Download or read book African Ethics written by Jonathan O. Chimakonam and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive exploration of African ethics covering everything from normative ethics and applied ethics, to meta-ethics and methodology, as well as the history of its evolution. African Ethics provides an in-depth exploration of Ubuntu ethics which is defined as a set of values based on concepts such as reciprocity, mutual respect, and working towards the common good. Ubuntu ethics also strongly emphasize the place of human dignity. The book engages with both theory and practice and how these ethical ideas impact upon the actual lived experience of Africans. It also includes important political considerations such as the impact of imperialism, colonialism, and capitalism on African ethics as well as the negative impact of apartheid and the renaissance made possible by the 'The Truth and Reconciliation Commission' whose work was premised heavily on African ethical ideas. This book is not just a wide-ranging and incisive introduction but also a reformulation of key concepts and current debates in African ethics. Crucially, African Ethics is an inclusive text, one that speaks from an African perspective and contributes to the decolonizing of contemporary ethics.
Book Synopsis African Perspectives to the Question of Life's Meaning by : Aribiah D. Attoe
Download or read book African Perspectives to the Question of Life's Meaning written by Aribiah D. Attoe and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful book is the first edited book volume in the literature to concern itself, primarily, with the question of life’s meaning from the, largely under-explored, African perspective. In this collection, the authors have undertaken to answer this question, and other related questions, by showing some of the possible conceptions of life’s meaning that can be derived from traditional African perspectives. African Perspectives to the Question of Life's Meaning will be a key resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of philosophy, African studies, psychology, and religion. This book was originally published as a special issue of South African Journal of Philosophy.
Book Synopsis African Philosophy and the Epistemic Marginalization of Women by : Jonathan O. Chimakonam
Download or read book African Philosophy and the Epistemic Marginalization of Women written by Jonathan O. Chimakonam and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the underexplored notion of epistemic marginalization of women in the African intellectual place. Women's issues are still very much neglected by governments, corporate bodies and academics in sub-Saharan Africa. The entrenched traditional world-views which privilege men over women make it difficult for the modern day challenges posed by the neglect of the feminine epistemic perspective, to become obvious. Contributors address these issues from both theoretical and practical perspectives, demonstrating what philosophy could do to ameliorate the epistemic marginalization of women, as well as ways in which African philosphy exacerbates this marginalization. Philosophy is supposed to teach us how to lead the good life in all its ramifications; why is it failing in this duty in Africa where the issue of women’s epistemic vision is concerned? The chapters raise feminist agitations to a new level; beginning from the regular campaigns for various women’s rights and reaching a climax in an epistemic struggle in which the knowledge-controlling power to create, acquire, evaluate, regulate and disseminate is proposed as the last frontier of feminism.
Download or read book Ezumezu written by Jonathan O. Chimakonam and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issue of a logic foundation for African thought connects well with the question of method. Do we need new methods for African philosophy and studies? Or, are the methods of Western thought adequate for African intellectual space? These questions are not some of the easiest to answer because they lead straight to the question of whether or not a logic tradition from African intellectual space is possible. Thus in charting the course of future direction in African philosophy and studies, one must be confronted with this question of logic. The author boldly takes up this challenge and becomes the first to do so in a book by introducing new concepts and formulating a new African culture-inspired system of logic called Ezumezu which he believes would ground new methods in African philosophy and studies. He develops this system to rescue African philosophy and, by extension, sundry fields in African Indigenous Knowledge Systems from the spell of Plato and the hegemony of Aristotle. African philosophers can now ground their discourses in Ezumezu logic which will distinguish their philosophy as a tradition in its own right. On the whole, the book engages with some of the lingering controversies in the idea of (an) African logic before unveiling Ezumezu as a philosophy of logic, methodology and formal system. The book also provides fresh arguments and insights on the themes of decolonisation and Africanisation for the intellectual transformation of scholarship in Africa. It will appeal to philosophers and logicians—undergraduates and post graduate researchers—as well as those in various areas of African studies.
Book Synopsis Consolationism and Comparative African Philosophy by : Ada Agada
Download or read book Consolationism and Comparative African Philosophy written by Ada Agada and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a major challenge to African philosophy, this book demonstrates the importance of the universalisation question for every committed African philosopher. Rooted in Africa’s colonial legacy, the universalisation question challenges the African thinker to show how authentically African philosophical concepts and phenomena can be universally applicable in a globalising world. In this highly original book, the author inserts the philosophy of consolationism into African philosophical discourse, constructing a unique philosophical system that is at once African and universally relevant. The book engages major African and Western philosophers of diverse ideological leanings in a compelling dialogue that announces the future of world philosophy as one of interculturality, in which a common philosophical horizon is forged out of the cultural diversities of the world for the edification of humanity in a continually changing world. This book will be an important read for researchers in the fields of African Studies, intercultural philosophy, philosophy of mind, and existentialism.
Book Synopsis Analysis of Culture and Religious Studies by : Rev. Fr. Temba Leopold, CSC, Simon Njuguna Waitherero, Jeniffer Kinya Lairang’i, Franseda Sihite
Download or read book Analysis of Culture and Religious Studies written by Rev. Fr. Temba Leopold, CSC, Simon Njuguna Waitherero, Jeniffer Kinya Lairang’i, Franseda Sihite and published by Cari Journals USA LLC. This book was released on 2022-08-18 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TOPICS IN THE BOOK The Doctrine of Purgatory and Its Relevance in Africa Related Philosophical Concepts in the Philosophy of Utuism Philosophy of Utuism and Its Positive Affirmation Church Members Reflection on the Involvement of Lay or Ordained Leaders in Active Politics: A Study of MCK Kaaga Circuit Theological Studies of Paul’s Teaching Based on 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 for the Elderly Congregation in the Church
Book Synopsis Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Philosophy Curriculum by : Edwin Etieyibo
Download or read book Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Philosophy Curriculum written by Edwin Etieyibo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, appropriately titled Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Philosophy Curriculum, signposts and captures issues about philosophy, the philosophy curriculum, and its decolonisation and Africanisation. This topic is of critical importance at present for the discipline of philosophy, not the least because philosophy and the current philosophical canons are perceived to be improvised by virtue of their historical marginalisation and exclusion of other valuable and important philosophical traditions and perspectives. The continued marginalisation and exclusion of one such philosophical tradition and perspective, i.e. African philosophy connects to issues of space contestations and raise questions of justice. The chapters in this book engage with all of these issues, and they also attempt to make sense of what it will mean for philosophy and the philosophy curriculum to be decolonised and Africanised; how to go about achieving this task; and what the challenges and problems are that confront efforts to decolonise and Africanise the philosophy curriculum. Furthermore, the contributors initiate discussions on the value and importance of non-western philosophical traditions and perspectives, and by so doing challenge the dormant and triumphant narrative and hegemony of Western philosophy, as well as the centrality accorded to it in philosophical discourse. The chapters in this book were originally published as articles in the South African Journal of Philosophy.
Book Synopsis Key Concepts in World Philosophies by : Sarah Flavel
Download or read book Key Concepts in World Philosophies written by Sarah Flavel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-12 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossing continents and running across centuries, Key Concepts in World Philosophies brings together the 45 core ideas associated with major Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Islamic, African, Ancient Greek, Indigenous and modern European philosophers. The universal theme of self-cultivation and transformation connects each concept. Each one seeks to change our understanding the world or the life we are living. From Chinese xin and karma in Buddhist traditions to okwu in African philosophy, equity in Islamic thought and the good life in Aztec philosophy, an international team of philosophers cover a diverse set of ideas and theories originating from thinkers such as Confucius, Buddha, Dogen, Nezahualcoyotl, Nietzsche and Zhuangzi. Organised around the major themes of knowledge, metaphysics and aesthetics, each short chapter provides an introductory overview supported by a glossary. This is a one-of-a-kind toolkit that allows you to read philosophical texts from all over the world and learn how their ideas can be applied to your own life.
Book Synopsis Igwebuike Ontology: an African Philosophy of Humanity Towards the Other by : Ejikemeuwa J. O. Ndubisi Ph.D
Download or read book Igwebuike Ontology: an African Philosophy of Humanity Towards the Other written by Ejikemeuwa J. O. Ndubisi Ph.D and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of readings is designed to accomplish two tasks: to philosophize on Igwebuike and to honour Professor KANU, Ikechukwu Anthony, O.S.A. These two tasks or goals go hand in hand because Igwebuike is Professor Kanu’s philosophy. The book clearly demonstrates why Kanu deserves honour as an African philosopher who has introduced a way of doing African philosophy. It is an approach of doing philosophy that takes into account African ontology and cosmology. Igwebuike as a systematic African thought is exploratory in nature. It investigates issues with a view of seeing how they are related. Doing philosophy in this way takes into account not only the African context but the world as a complex entity with myriads of challenges. The myriads of challenges facing humanity have a representation in this book. For this reason the book is bound to have a global impact. In terms of philosophizing, this book demonstrates that Africa is confronted with many discourses. Discourses that are already going on but need a more systematic African philosophical approach. Some of the discourses are on the environment, governance, infrastructure, human and material resource among others. — Denis Odinga Okiya Maryknoll Insitute of African Studies, Nairobi, Kenya
Book Synopsis Philosophy of Fear by : Michael Bassey Eneyo
Download or read book Philosophy of Fear written by Michael Bassey Eneyo and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book Philosophy of Fear is a philosophical manual developed to aid human person overcome the limitations imposed on him by fear. The author recognizes two categories of fear (positive and negative) and blamed all forms of negative activities of human persons to negative category of fear, while he attributes all aspects of positive development to positive fear. The author further argues that since fear is fundamental to all beings, it ought to be given its philosophical brand name, and that is, philosophy of fear or fearism. He believes that fearism as a school of thought, will offer an expanding opportunities into the study of fear and it related challenges. In suggesting a workable methodology to the solution to fear problems, the author adopted unification- complementary approach, where fear and fearless (the opposites) are investigated in a unified and complementary manner in order to have a complete knowledge about fear. He uses love -courage as the method for decision making within the framework of fearism. This interpretative and explanative guide into the study of fear, if followed, will help human persons overcome all forms of negative fear, which this book has identified as an impediment to human development. The book is a must read for all those who want to use fear positively to confront their existential challenges.
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Book Synopsis Journal of Integrative Humanism Vol. 6 No. 1 by : Faculty of Arts University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Download or read book Journal of Integrative Humanism Vol. 6 No. 1 written by Faculty of Arts University of Cape Coast, Ghana and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Reader, Thank you for purchasing your copy of the Journal of Integrative Humanism Ghana (Integrative Perspective) Volume Six Number 1 October, 2015. You now have an international journal of the Faculty of Arts, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Articles in this volume are authored by high profile researchers from various Universities in sub-Saharan Africa. In this special edition, you have the privilege of reading recent world-class researches whose scope is global though with relevance to Africa in areas such as politics, improved education, philosophy, computing and dress code. We hope your mind will be whetted and your knowledge increased by the time you read relevant articles in this volume. Please send your constructive comments to the Publishing Consultant ([email protected]) or should you wish to publish here, sent a statement of interest to [email protected]. Edet Otu Publishing Consultant University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
