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Book Synopsis Njikoka Amaka by : Godfrey Okechukwu Ozumba
Download or read book Njikoka Amaka written by Godfrey Okechukwu Ozumba and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Njik ka Amaka: Further Discussions on the Philosophy of Integrative Humanism (A Contribution to African and Intercultural Philosophies) presents philosophy from the view point of African thought system and logic. It presents African philosophy not as a reactionary to another brand of philosophy as is popularly the case among writers of African philosophy but as an unspoken, unstated rival of the positions of other philosophical traditions, with great emphasis on the importance of intercultural philosophizing. Somehow, the work manages to be eclectic in welding orientations in the spirit of intercultural philosophy and it makes no pretense that it was written primarily for the contemporary lover of wisdom. The focal point which remains unwavering throughout was the further development of integrative humanism as a theory in African philosophy. The language style of this work was carefully knitted in simplistic and in some places bombastic forms. Simplistic to appeal to all class of readers and bombastic to demonstrate the emerging orientation that one way to hit back at the domineering colonial languages would be to speak them in deconstructive manner. The Englishness or the Frenchness of those colonial languages are in this book broken; traditional meanings of words are in some places altered to reflect the African senses; some other words are reshaped in various forms to reflect what the African has in mind and what he means; idioms are reinterpreted to reflect the unabashed and highest degree of indomitable Africanness; this is because a language that would bear forth African truths if it yet remains foreign can only emerge from the ruins of the one that bore Western truths. The benchmark of the theory of integrative humanism as a vanguard for intercultural philosophy is a passage from bivalent to trivalent mode of logical interpretation wherein the intermediate position is hoisted as the necessary missing link of reality.
Book Synopsis The Question of Life's Meaning by : Aribiah David Attoe
Download or read book The Question of Life's Meaning written by Aribiah David Attoe and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-11-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In answering the question of life’s meaning, the African perspective is only just beginning to emerge. While this is true, a critical examination of African theories of meaningfulness, the possibility of life’s meaninglessness, as well as ideas about the proper mode/mood for living with the meaninglessness of life are largely underexplored within the African philosophical tradition. This book provides several plausible accounts of meaning in/of life from an African perspective, examines the relationship between death and life’s meaningfulness, and explores the possibility of life’s meaninglessness, proposing the “philosophy of indifference” as the proper mode/mood for living with the meaninglessness of life.
Book Synopsis Trajectory of the Philosophy of Integrative Humanism by : GODFREY OZUMBA
Download or read book Trajectory of the Philosophy of Integrative Humanism written by GODFREY OZUMBA and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trajectory of the philosophy of integrative Humanism represent the kernel of Professor Ozumba's most seminal and recent ideas as they either have inspired, or wound round or denote the very heart of his philosophy of integrative Humanism. It captures the profile of this prolific genius of our time whose indenumerable articles and books have provided great intellect and relief for the many seekers after philosophical knowledge. This is a Congealed version of professor Ozumba's Works intended to stir up or wet the appetite of would be readers. This book contains the ideas on Integrative Humanism. African Philosophy, Educational philosophy Ethics, epistemology, socio-political philosophy, metaphysics, philosophy of science etc. I find the work interesting and Captivating. I therefore recommend this book to all lovers of wisdom and knowledge Happy Reading. Prof A. F. Uduigwomen Dept of Philosophy University of Calabar
Book Synopsis Contrasts and contests about philosophy by : Mogobe B. Ramose
Download or read book Contrasts and contests about philosophy written by Mogobe B. Ramose and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sheer variety of socio-political events and technological advancements which affect modern society, and the speed and intensity at which these events occur around the world, delivers change known as epistemic and social transformation. Within this context, the question of justice for all is a poignant one. It is a cognitive revolution challenging humankind to consider whether or not the already contested meaning of philosophy can remain unchanged. The contributions to Contrasts and contests about philosophy address this challenge from a variety of different, and even contending, perspectives. This book was originally published as a special issue of the South African Journal of Philosophy.
Book Synopsis Groundwork for a New Kind of African Metaphysics by : Aribiah David Attoe
Download or read book Groundwork for a New Kind of African Metaphysics written by Aribiah David Attoe and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-05 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is not far-fetched to say that much of what is termed “African metaphysics” remains a traditional affair, without the sort of critical analysis that sheds away the burden of myths and ethnocentric rigidity. African ideas about the nature of being, God, causality, death, etc., have largely remained the same and unchallenged, mainly due to the hesitancy of some African scholars to question these suppositions or build beyond them. In this book, Aribiah David Attoe presents a unified African metaphysics that first interrogates important notions held by many traditional African thinkers, and then builds upon them to propose a largely materialistic account of African metaphysics. The book re-imagines and reconstructs the idea of God, being, causality and death in African metaphysics, tackling some of the problems associated with these concepts in African thought. It also opens up new vistas of thought, while engaging and encouraging African metaphysicians to explore a previously ignored perspective.
Author :Godfrey O. Ozumba, Patrick J. Mendie, Michael Ukah & Christopher A. Udofia (Edited) Publisher :Lulu.com ISBN 13 :1326912313 Total Pages :403 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (269 download)
Book Synopsis CRITICAL ESSAYS ON POSTMODERNISM by : Godfrey O. Ozumba, Patrick J. Mendie, Michael Ukah & Christopher A. Udofia (Edited)
Download or read book CRITICAL ESSAYS ON POSTMODERNISM written by Godfrey O. Ozumba, Patrick J. Mendie, Michael Ukah & Christopher A. Udofia (Edited) and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to tell a fuller story of postmodernism as applied to philosophy and a few other related disciplines. The book considers postmodernism from different angles. Apart from examining the nexus between postmodernism and different branches of philosophy. The ideas of leading postmodern thinkers we critically discussed. In an age where students find it very difficult to buy relevant books, this book is a handy reference material because it covers the very essential areas of postmodernism. I must commend the Editors of the book for their editorial astuteness and all the contributors for exhibiting a wonderful and overwhelming enlightenment for philosophy students and students of related disciplines. I strongly recommend the book for these and enlightened readers who seek a deeper knowledge of the subject.
Book Synopsis Handbook of African Philosophy by : Elvis Imafidon
Download or read book Handbook of African Philosophy written by Elvis Imafidon and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook provides in one volume rich, comprehensive and rigorous coverage of specific subject areas and thematic concerns in the ever-evolving academic discipline of African philosophy. This Handbook is unique in its focus on central and emerging areas within African philosophy such as Afro-communitarian philosophy, ethics, epistemology, social and political philosophy, existentialism, philosophy of religion, gender philosophy, philosophy of education, phenomenology, transhumanism, African philosophy futures, and philosophy of the non-human. The thirty-two chapters in this Handbook explore the rich textual and non-textual forms of philosophical knowledge in Africa and adequately represent the broad and diverse scope of African philosophy, showing the richness and depth of the philosophical tradition. This reference work is indispensable to students and researchers in African philosophy, comparative philosophy and world philosophies.
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 Conversations on African Philosophy of Mind, Consciousness and Artificial Intelligence by : Aribiah David Attoe
Download or read book Conversations on African Philosophy of Mind, Consciousness and Artificial Intelligence written by Aribiah David Attoe and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a first glimpse into contemporary African Philosophical thought, which covers issues related to the mind-body relationships, the problem of consciousness, the ethics of artificial intelligence, the meaning of life and other topics. Taking inspiration from the conversational tradition in African philosophy, this book not only engages with and takes inspiration from traditional African thought, but also engages with philosophical views outside the philosophical tradition in a bid to present a holistic understanding of the problems that are central to the book. The volume is relevant for professional African philosophers, philosophers of mind, philosophers of AI, undergraduate and postgraduate philosophy students, and African Studies scholars.
Book Synopsis African Metaphysics, Epistemology and a New Logic by : Jonathan O. Chimakonam
Download or read book African Metaphysics, Epistemology and a New Logic written by Jonathan O. Chimakonam and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on African metaphysics and epistemology, and is an exercise in decoloniality. The authors describe their approach to "decoloniality" as an intellectual repudiation of coloniality, using the method of conversational thinking grounded in Ezumezu logic. Focusing specifically on both African metaphysics and African epistemology, the authors put forward theories formulated to stimulate fresh debates and extend the frontiers of learning in the field. They emphasize that this book is not a project in comparative philosophy, nor is it geared towards making Africa/ns the object/subjects of philosophy. Rather, the book highlights and discusses philosophical insights that have been produced from the African perspective, which the authors argue must be further developed in order to achieve decoloniality in the field of philosophy more broadly.
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 Thought Systems by : Mawere, Munyaradzi
Download or read book African Philosophy and Thought Systems written by Mawere, Munyaradzi and published by Langaa RPCIG. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The once acrimonious debate on the existence of African philosophy has come of age, yet the need to cultivate a culture of belonging is more demanding now than ever before in many African societies. The gargantuan indelible energised chicanery waves of neo-colonialism and globalisation and their sweeping effect on Africa demand more concerted action and solutions than cul-de-sac discourses and magical realism. It is in view of this realisation that this book was born. This is a vital text for understanding contextual historical trends in the development of African philosophic ideas on the continent and how Africans could possibly navigate the turbulent catadromous waters, tangled webs and chasms of destruction, and chagrin of struggles that have engrossed Africa since the dawn of slavery and colonial projects on the continent. The book aims to generate more insights and influence national, continental, and global debates in the field of philosophy. It is accessible and handy to a wider range of readers, ranging from educators and students of African philosophy, anthropology, African studies, cultural studies, and all those concerned with the further development of African philosophy and thought systems on the African continent.
Author :Department of Classics and Philosophy University of Cape Coast, Ghana Publisher :Lulu.com ISBN 13 :1312831855 Total Pages :191 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (128 download)
Book Synopsis JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE HUMANISM GHANA by : Department of Classics and Philosophy University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Download or read book JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE HUMANISM GHANA written by Department of Classics and Philosophy University of Cape Coast, Ghana and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-01-21 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journal of Integrative Humanism is a multidisciplinary academic journal that publishes well-researched articles that approach the topical issues bothering humanity from an integrativist perspective, taking cognizance of the spiritual and physical dimensions of reality. This volume of the journal - volume four, number one - contains thirteen articulate essays on topical issues in Africa/African studies written by contemporary African scholars from diverse disciplines - Philosophy, Religion, Linguistics, Theater/Media Studies, Oceanography, Political Science, and Education. Some of the topical issues addressed are: the nature of metaphysics in Integrative Humanism (a contemporary school of African philosophy), development of viable systems of logic in African philosophy, rural education, social change, advertising and media exchange, "Boko Haram"-terrorism in Nigeria, sustainable development and climate change. The essays are informative, engaging and comprehensible.
Book Synopsis Cross-Fertilizing Roots and Routes by : Ananta Kumar Giri
Download or read book Cross-Fertilizing Roots and Routes written by Ananta Kumar Giri and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-23 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book discusses how we can cross-fertilize relationship between roots and routes with and beyond the logic of closure, monological assertions and violence. The book draws upon multiple philosophical, historical, religious and spiritual traditions of the world to rethink our conceptions and productions of identity as well as our conventional understanding of roots and routes. The book particularly explores the vision and practice of creativity, socio-cultural regeneration and planetary realizations to cultivate new pathways of identity realization and new relationship between identities and differences in our fragile world today. Trans-disciplinary in engagement and trans-civilizational in its dialogical pathway, the book is a unique contribution to our contemporary scholarship about ethnicity, identity, social creativity, cultural regeneration and planetary realizations.
Author :Department of Classics and Philosophy University of Cape Coast, Ghana Publisher :Lulu.com ISBN 13 :024436849X Total Pages :124 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (443 download)
Book Synopsis INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE HUMANISM GHANA Vol 8. No 1. by : Department of Classics and Philosophy University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Download or read book INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE HUMANISM GHANA Vol 8. No 1. written by Department of Classics and Philosophy University of Cape Coast, Ghana and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journal of Integrative Humanism is a multidisciplinary academic journal that publishes well-researched articles that approach topical issues bothering humanity from an integrativist perspective, taking cognizance of the various dimensions of reality. It publishes reviews and research on topical issues from diverse disciplines including Philosophy, Religion, Linguistics, Theater/Media Studies, Oceanography, Political Science, and Education. Some of the topical issues addressed are the nature of metaphysics in Integrative Humanism (a contemporary school of philosophy), philosophy, environment education, social change, terrorism and health. The Journal of Integrative Humanism is a publication of the Faculty of Arts, University of Cape Coast, Ghana and the University of Calabar, Nigeria.
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
Author :Department of Classics and Philosophy University of Cape Coast, Ghana Publisher :Lulu.com ISBN 13 :1326382373 Total Pages :228 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (263 download)
Book Synopsis Journal of Integrative Humanism Vol. 5 No. 1 by : Department of Classics and Philosophy University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Download or read book Journal of Integrative Humanism Vol. 5 No. 1 written by Department of Classics and Philosophy University of Cape Coast, Ghana and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-08-26 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journal of Integrative Humanism is a multidisciplinary academic journal that publishes well-researched articles that approach the topical issues bothering humanity from an integrativist perspective, taking cognizance of the spiritual and physical dimensions of reality. This volume of the journal - volume five, number one - contains seventeen articulate essays on topical issues in Africa/African studies written by contemporary African scholars from diverse disciplines - Philosophy, Religion, Linguistics, Theater/Media Studies, Oceanography, Political Science, and Education. Some of the topical issues addressed are: the nature of metaphysics in Integrative Humanism (a contemporary school of African philosophy), development of viable systems of logic in African philosophy, education, social change, "Boko Haram"-terrorism in Nigeria and health. The articles are informative, engaging and comprehensible.
