Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 - What Philosophy Is and Is Not -- Definition(s) of philosophy: An unfinished business -- The two senses of philosophy -- Why studying philosophy? -- Fields of philosophy -- a) Metaphysics -- (b) Epistemol…
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 global…
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 global…
"Twenty years after the end of apartheid rule, the claim that democratic South Africa is founded on the 'spirit of law' (nomos) of our shared humanity is questionable, to say the least. Some would argue that all talk of Ubuntu (or African humanism) should be dismissed as a passi…
"This collection of essays contextualises the discourse on Ubuntu within the wider historical framework of postcolonial attempts to re-articulate African humanism as a substantial philosophy and emancipatory ideology." -- Back cover.
by Praeg, Leonhard, Magadla, Siphokazi
fromThinking Africa
"This collection of essays contextualises the discourse on Ubuntu within the wider historical framework of postcolonial attempts to re-articulate African humanism as a substantial philosophy and emancipatory ideology."--Back cover.
Over the past few decades, there has been much effort put forth by philosophers to answer the question, "Is there an African philosophy?" Bruce B. Janz boldly changes this central question to "What is it to do philosophy in this (African) place?" in Philosophy in an African Plac…
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African Ethics: Gikuyu Traditional Morality by Hannah Kinoti was prompted by the author's concern about the decline of moral standards among the Gikuyu in modern Kenya. Western education and increased interaction with other cultures had made the so.
