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African philosophy in search of identity / D. A. Masolo; International African Institute.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: African systems of thoughtPublication details: Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 1994.Description: 301 p. : 24 cmISBN:
  • 0253207754
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • B5375 .M37 1994
Contents:
Logocentrism and emotivism: two systems in struggle for control of identity -- Tempels and the setting of ethnophilosophy -- Systematic ethnophilosophy -- Language and reality -- Cultures without time? Mbiti's religious ethnology -- Mysticism, science, philosophy, and rationality: the analytic point of view -- Excavating Africa in Western discourse -- "Tradition" and "Modernity": the role of reason -- Conclusion: Experience and African philosophy.
Summary: A Kenyan philosopher surveys themes and debates in African philosophy over the last five decades. Masolo's purview includes Francophone and Anglophone philosophers in both the analytic and phenomenological traditions. -- Publisher description.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS B 5375 .M37 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA21626 Available AUA21626

"Published in association with the International African Institute, London."

Logocentrism and emotivism: two systems in struggle for control of identity --
Tempels and the setting of ethnophilosophy --
Systematic ethnophilosophy --
Language and reality --
Cultures without time? Mbiti's religious ethnology --
Mysticism, science, philosophy, and rationality: the analytic point of view --
Excavating Africa in Western discourse --
"Tradition" and "Modernity": the role of reason --
Conclusion: Experience and African philosophy.

A Kenyan philosopher surveys themes and debates in African philosophy over the last five decades. Masolo's purview includes Francophone and Anglophone philosophers in both the analytic and phenomenological traditions. -- Publisher description.