End of arrogance
Subtitle: Africa and the West--understanding their differences
By: Helmut Danner
Publisher: East African Educational Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Nairobi, Kenya
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9789966258380
Subjects: Civilization; Foreign relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-163) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Non-understanding ; The intention of this essay; title: History of the relationship between Africa and the West. The unknown history of Africa ; The 'discovery' and subjugation of Africa by Europeans ; A disturbed relationship; title: African social structure. Kenyatta on education and community ; Some features of African society ; 'Village' and 'city' : tradition and modernity ; The 'master-servant society' ; 'Kenyan cowboys' : the need for integration; title: Ethics. Social context of ethics ; European and African sources of moral rules ; Ethics in the encounter of Africa and the West ; The 'immoral' side of African politics; title: Spirituality. The Western difficulty in understanding African spirituality ; More examples ; Supra-natural powers ; Christianity and Islam in the African context; title: Reason and individualism in Europe. Galileo Galilei as an example ; The Enlightenment; title: Excursion : understanding and interpretation. Theory of understanding : 'hermeneutics' ; Understanding the alien, a 'practical hermeneutics' ; 'Hermeneutics of development cooperation'; title: The encounter of two cultures. Differences ; Enlightenment in Africa ; Perceptions ; Understanding and learning; title: 'Development'. What is development for Africa? ; The West as the model? ; Global contexts ; Democracy and 'pseudo-elders'; title: End of arrogance.