A Companion to African PhilosophyKwasi Wiredu This volume of newly commissioned essays provides comprehensive coverage of African philosophy, ranging across disciplines and throughout the ages.
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... South Africa Under and After Apartheid MABOGO P. MORE 8 Philosophy in North Africa MOURAD WAHBA 9 The Light and the Shadow: Zera Yacob and Walda Heywat: Two Ethiopian Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century CLAUDE SUMNER xi xix 29 31 50 ...
... South Africa Under and After Apartheid MABOGO P. MORE 8 Philosophy in North Africa MOURAD WAHBA 9 The Light and the Shadow: Zera Yacob and Walda Heywat: Two Ethiopian Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century CLAUDE SUMNER xi xix 29 31 50 ...
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... African Art 425 AJUME H. WINGO PART VI POLITICS 433 35 Government by Consensus: An Analysis of a Traditional Form of Democracy 435 EDWARD WAMALA 36 Democracy, Kingship, and Consensus: A South African Perspective 443 JOE TEFFO 37 ...
... African Art 425 AJUME H. WINGO PART VI POLITICS 433 35 Government by Consensus: An Analysis of a Traditional Form of Democracy 435 EDWARD WAMALA 36 Democracy, Kingship, and Consensus: A South African Perspective 443 JOE TEFFO 37 ...
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... S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He was born in Ghana and studied at Cambridge University (UK) and Yale. He has taught at the Universities of Ghana, Yale, Cornell, and Duke. He has done work in ...
... S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He was born in Ghana and studied at Cambridge University (UK) and Yale. He has taught at the Universities of Ghana, Yale, Cornell, and Duke. He has done work in ...
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... African philosophy. Pieter Duvenage was born in Pretoria, South Africa, and studied philosophy and communication theory in South Africa and Germany. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Rand ...
... African philosophy. Pieter Duvenage was born in Pretoria, South Africa, and studied philosophy and communication theory in South Africa and Germany. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Rand ...
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... South Africa. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he studied at the University of the North, University of South Africa, and Indiana University (USA). He has taught philosophy at the University of the North (South Africa) and has held ...
... South Africa. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he studied at the University of the North, University of South Africa, and Indiana University (USA). He has taught philosophy at the University of the North (South Africa) and has held ...
Contents
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PART II METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES | 261 |
PART III LOGIC EPISTEMOLOGY AND METAPHYSICS | 283 |
PART IV THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION | 353 |
PART V ETHICS AND AESTHETICS | 385 |
PART VI POLITICS | 433 |
PART VII SPECIAL TOPICS | 527 |
Index | 570 |
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Acholi Acholi language aesthetic African culture African philosophy African Religions African societies African traditional Akan Akan language Amo’s apartheid argued Bantu philosophy belief Chewa Christian claim colonial concept contemporary African context critical decolonization democracy democratic destiny discourse divine Egyptian epistemology ethics ethnophilosophy European example existence fact Fanon Frantz Fanon Ghana global Gyekye Hallen Hountondji human rights ibid idea identity Ifá Igbo ikenga important indigenous individual intellectual Islamic issue Kagame knowledge Kwame Kwame Gyekye Kwasi Wiredu language liberal liberal democracy literature logic London Maat Mbiti means metaphysical mind modern moral Nairobi nature Nigeria Okot one’s Oruka person philoso physical political practice principle problem question reason religious role sages scholars Senghor sense social Sodipo South Africa Soyinka spirit Tempels theory things thinkers thinking thought tion traditional African truth University Press violence Walda Heywat Western word Yoruba Zera Yacob