African philosophy in Ethiopia
Subtitle: Ethiopian philosophical studies II
By: edited by Bekele Gutema, Charles C. Verharen
Series: Cultural heritage and contemporary change. Series II, Africa -- volume 16
Publisher: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781565182790
Subjects: Religion; Higher Education; African Philosophy; Study and teaching; Oromo (African people); Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Philosophy of University Education in Ethiopia. Philosophy and the future of African universities : ethics and imagination / Charles C. Verharen; title: Some thoughts on the African university / Bekele Gutema; title: The challenge and responsibility of universal otherness in African philosophy / Daniel Smith ; Philosophy and culture. Harnessing myth to rationality / Messay Kebede; title: The riddles of number nine among the Guji- Oromo culture / Taddesse Berisso; title: Sage philosophy, rationality, and science. The case of Ethiopia / Charles C. Verharen ; Political philosophy. The spirit of Rousseau and Boorana political traditions : an exercise in understanding / Taddesse Lencho ; Philosophy and religion. Encounter of Oromo with evangelical Christianity : a look at the meaning of conversion / Ezekiel Gebissa ; Philosophy and women. Should women love wisdom? evaluating the Ethiopian wisdom tradition / Gail M. Presbey ; Sage philosophy. The concept of peace in the Oromo Gadaa system : its mechanisms and moral dimension / Tenna Dewo; title: Comparing Oromo and Ancient Egyptian philosophy / Charles C. Verharen; title: Moral economy : an original economic form for the African condition / Teodros Kiros.