KWASI WIREDU

A Companion to African Philosophy

Herausgeber: Wiredu, Kwasi

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume of newly commissioned essays provides comprehensive coverage of African philosophy, ranging across disciplines and throughout the ages. Offers a distinctive historical treatment of African philosophy. Covers all the main branches of philosophy as addressed in the African tradition.

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 168mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 1112g
• ISBN-13: 9781405145671
• ISBN-10: 1405145676
• Artikelnr.: 22358626

Autorenporträt

Kwasi Wiredu is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida. His books include Philosophy and An African Culture (1981).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introduction: African Philosophy In Our Time.

Part II. History.

Part III: Methodological Issues.

Part IV: Logic, Epistemology And Metapysics.

Part V: The Philosophy of Religion.

Part VI: Ethics And Aesthetics.

Part VII: Politics.

Part VIII: Special Topics.

Index

Rezensionen

"This collection is destined to become the classic guide to thedistinctive issues of concern to African philosophers today and inthe past. The essays also reveal critical challenges Africanphilosophies raise for 'exceptionalist' and'triumphalist' tendencies in Western philosophy. Thisis a lively and intriguing text for undergraduates, graduatestudents, and scholars in many disciplines." Sandra Harding,University of California, Los Angeles

"Professor Wiredu has brought together the leading scholars ofAfrican philosophy, and provided us with up-to-date assessments ofsuch vital topics as the history of African philosophy, Africanphilosophy and postcolonial studies, and the relationship betweenworld view and critical thinking. This is a balanced and judiciouscollection that exposes the student to all the major issues andschools." Ivan Karp, Emory University

"The extensive bibliography confirms the existence of Africanphilosophy and supports the argument for its rightful placealongside other philosophies. . . The essays in this book areinformative and compelling. The book is a product of commendableeffort and provides its readers with much enlightenment."African Studies Review

"...this Companion goes beyond evaluating Africanphilosophy spoken, written, sung, danced, sculpted, or paintedprior to itself; it becomes itself the most complete and thoughtfulanthology of African thought, the area's most valuable workpublished as yet." Heythrop Journal