Dialectics of praxis and theoria in African philosophy
Subtitle: an essay on cultural hermeneutics
By: Victor Bin-Kapela
Publisher: Langaa Research & Publishing CIG
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Mankon, Bamenda
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9789956726141
Subjects: African Philosophy; Practice (Philosophy); Theory (Philosophy); Hermeneutics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: African Weltanschauung and reflective philosophy. The symbiosis of theōria and praxis ; The dichotomy theōria; title: praxis; title: On cultural hermeneutics. Components of cultural hermeneutics ; Cultural hermeneutics : a mediation philosophy; title: Landscape of African horizon. The pre-colonial African horizon ; The lived colonial and neo-colonial African experience; title: Interpreting the African Horizon. The African socio-political revival ; Malaise in African nations ; An ethics of politics ; Cultural renaissance and spiritual revival.