Understanding African philosophy : a cross-cultural approach to classical and contemporary issues / Richard H. Bell.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-181) and index.

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1. Understanding another culture -- Understanding others and ourselves -- A procedure from an aesthetic point of view -- "Found in translation" -- 2. Foundations of modern African philosophy -- Ethnophilosophy and the "negritude" movement -- Critical, scientific philosophy -- Sage philosophy -- 3. Liberation and postcolonial African philosophy -- African humanism and socialism -- Postcolonial African thought -- The question of "race" -- 4. African moral philosophy 1 : community and justice -- Persons, individualism, and communalism -- Suffering and injustice -- Poverty and human development -- 5. African moral philosophy 2 : truth and reconciliation -- Linking communalism, Ubuntu, and restorative justice -- Understanding the grammar of justice after apartheid -- "Not all storytelling heals" : criticisms of the TRC process -- Justice and political transformation -- 6. Narrative in African philosophy : orality and icons -- The philosophical significance of oral narratives -- Rational dialogue, democracy, and the village palaver -- Finding pictures and fictitious narratives "surprising" -- Iconic forms and the aesthetic consciousness revisited -- 7. Some concluding remarks.

A critical guide to some of the most important issues in modern African philosophy. Topics include the legacy of colonialism, the challenges of post-independence Africa and African oral and written philosophical traditions.

English.

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