A companion to African philosophy
By: edited by Kwasi Wiredu ; advisory editors, William E. Abraham, Abiola Irele, and Ifeany A. Menkiti
Contributors: Wiredu, Kwasi
Series: Blackwell companions to philosophy -- 28
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 587
Subjects: Philosophy, African
Description: "This volume, comprised of 42 newly commissioned and 5 adapted essays, provides comprehensive coverage of African philosophy, ranging across disciplines and throughout the ages." "The essays encompass all the main branches of philosophy - logic, epistemology, metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, religion, and politics, among others - as these have occupied the African mind in both communal and individual conceptions. A special feature of the volume is its historical dimension, including a substantial treatment of ancient African philosophy as encountered in ancient Egypt, an extended study of medieval North African thinkers, an enlightening discussion of pre-colonial African philosophy, and a history of African political thought in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index