{"product_id":"african-philosophy-9780631203384","title":"African Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing together canonical philosophical texts from African, African--American, Afro--Caribbean, and Black European thinkers, this major new anthology is designed to serve both as a textbook and as the authoritative reference volume in Africana philosophical and cultural studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This powerful and wide ranging anthology is ideal for classroom use. The issues discussed are central: the selections are engaging; and the contributors are of the highest order. It will help bring about a long overdue change in the philosophical canon.\" \u003ci\u003eRobert Bernasconi, University of Memphis\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"We are indeed blessed to have Eze's wide-ranging and magnificent anthology. It brings together some of the most stimulating texts of African, African-American, Afro-Caribbean, and Black European philosophy. Its ambitious effort will serve well all those interested in African studies and students and specialists of philosophy in general.\" \u003ci\u003eV. Y. Mudimbe, Stanford University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: What is African Philosophy?\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. African Philosophy: Yesterday and Today (Joseph I. Omoregbe).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Philosophy and Post-Colonial Africa (Tsenay Serequeberhan).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. African, African American, Africana Philosophy (Lucius Outlaw).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The African Foundations of Greek Philosophy (Henry Olela).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Contemporary Moslem Philosophies in North Africa (Mourad Wahba)\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Human Nature: Mind, Body, and Self-Identity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Relation of Okra (Soul) and Honam (Body): An Akan Conception (Kwame Gyekye).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. \"Chi\" in Igbo Cosmology (Chinua Achebe).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Sociality of Self (Okot p'Bitek)\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Philosophy, Politics, and Society.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Leaders must not be Masters (Julius Nyerere).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Consciencism (Kwame Nkrumah).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Two Traditions in African American Political Philosophy (Bernard Boxill).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Universal Dimensions of Black Struggle I: Black Revolution Universal Dimensions of Black Struggle II: Human Rights, Civil Rights (Malcom X).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Philosophy, Politics, and Power: An Afro-American Perspective (Cornel West)\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Ethics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. \"Mutumin Kirki\": The Concept of the Good Man in Hausa (Anthony H.M. Kirk-Greene).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Yoruba Philosophy: Individuality, Community, and the Moral Order (Segun Gbadegesin).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Concerning Violence (Frantz Fanon).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Morals and the Value of Human Life (M.M. Agrawal).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Moral Reasoning versus Racial Reasoning (Cornel West)\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: On Knowledge and Science.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Elements of Physics in Yoruba Culture I.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElements of Physics in Yoruba Culture II (Supo Ogunbunmi and Henry M. Olaitan).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. \"Divination\": A Way of Knowing (Philip M. Peek).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. The Problem of Knowledge in \"Divination\": The Example of Ifa (E. Chukwudi Eze).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. The Concept of Truth in the Akan Language (Kwasi Wiredu).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. African Traditional Thought and Western Science (Robin Horton).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. How Not to Compare African Thought with Western Thought (Kwasi Wiredu).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Literacy, Criticism, and the Growth of Knowledge (Jack Goody)\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Philosophy and Colonial Encounter.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Modern Western Philosophy and African Colonialism (E. Chukwudi Eze).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Discourse on Colonialism (Aime Cesaire).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. The Wretched of the Earth (Frantz Ganon).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Colonialism and the Colonized: Violence and Coutner-Violence (Tsenay Serequeberhan).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Cultural Nationalism in the Colonial Period (R. L. Okonkwo).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. National Liberation and Culture (Return to the Source) (Amilcar Cabral)\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Philosophy and Race.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. The Conservation of Races (W. E. B. Du Bois).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. The Illusions of Race (Kwame Anthony Appiah).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34. Du Bois on the Invention of Race (Tommy L. Lott).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35. Racism and Culture (Frantz Fanon).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36. Racism and Feminism (Bell Hooks)\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: Philosophy and Gender.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37. The Woman Question: African and Western Perspectives (Marie Pauline Eboh).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38. Black Women: Shaping Feminist Theory (Bell Hooks).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39. Mammies, Matriarchs, and Other Controlling Images 9Patricia Hill Collins).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40. The Erasure of Black Women (Elizabeth V. Spelman).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41. The Curious Coincidence of Feminine and African Moralities Sandra Harding)\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX: Philosophy and Transatlantic African Slavery.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42. The Nature of Slavery (Fredrick Douglas).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43. The Concept of Slavery (Winthrop D. Jordan).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44. The Origin of Negro Slavery (Eric Williams).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45. The Interesting Narrative (Olaudah Equiano).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46. Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery (Ottobah Cugoano).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47. Autobiographical Acts and the Voice of the Southern Slave (Houston A. Baker, Jr.)\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart X: Ontology and the Nature of Art.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48. Breath (Birago Diop).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49. Bantu Ontology (Placide Tempels).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50. The Igbo World and Its Art (Chinua Achebe).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51. The Fourth Stage: Through the Mysteries of Ogun to the Origin of Yoruba Tragedy (Wole Soyinka).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52. The Duke's Blues (Stanley Crouch)\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart XI: Philosophy of Religion.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53. God, Faith, and the Nature of Knowledge (Zera Yacob).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54. Must God Remain Greek (Robert E. Hood).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55. The Problem of Evil: An Akan Perspective (Kwame Gyekye).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56. Black Women and Men: Partnership in the 1990s (Bell Hooks and Cornel West).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403412480343,"sku":"9780631203384","price":38.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631203384.jpg?v=1730483391","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/african-philosophy-9780631203384","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}