Trends and issues in African philosophy
By: F. Ochieng'-Odhiambo.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781433107504
Subjects: Philosophy, African -- 20th century
Description: "This book provides an excellent orientation to, and a logical development of, the major trends and issues that have dominated discussions in African philosophy since the publication of Placide Tempels' Bantu Philosophy in 1945. Views of some of the best-known African philosophers, such as Kwasi Wiredu, Paulin Hountondji, H. Odera Oruka, Peter Bodunrin, and D. A. Masolo are discussed in detail. The text takes into account, in the form of quotations or referencing, the views of several other philosophers who have had something to say about African philosophy. This book facilitates an excellent orientation on African philosophy at the undergraduate level. Those pursuing African philosophy at the graduate level will find the text refreshingly novel."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The historical phase; title: Western discourse on Africa; title: Egyptology : an African response to western discourse; title: Afrocentricity; title: African philosophy's ethnophilosophy; title: Tempels on Bantu philosophy; title: African religions and philosophy; title: Horton on African and western thought systems; title: General critiques; title: Professional approach to African philosophy; title: Ethnophilosophy and professional philosophy; title: The myth and reality of African philosophy; title: Traditional thought and modern philosophy in africa; title: On Wiredu's truth as opinion; title: Philosophic sagacity; title: Sage philosophy and philosophic sagacity; title: Relevance of sagacious reasoning; title: Keita's objections; title: Tthree ways of approaching philosophic sagacity; title: Masolo on philosophic sagacity; title: Odera Oruka's mission in African philosophy; title: Nationalist-ideological philosophy; title: Nationalist-ideological philosophy and ethnophilosophy; title: Consciencism : philosophy and ideology for decolonisation; title: Ujamaa : the basis of African socialism; title: African socialism and the federal system in postcolonial Africa; title: African philosophical hermeneutics; title: Universalism and particularism; title: Hermeneutical orientation in African philosophy.