Histoire de la philosophie africaine: Les courants de pensée et les livres de synthèse


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Parce que mal connue dans les universités occidentales et dans celles d'Afrique, la philosophie africaine gagne à être questionnée et examinée minutieusement. C'est ainsi que la nécessité de l'élaboration d'une histoire de la philosophie est devenue impérieuse. Ainsi le Livre I jette-t-il les bases d'une histoire de la philosophie ancienne, tandis que le Livre II s'est donné pour tâche la constitution d'une histoire de la philosophie africaine moderne et contemporaine (1945-1990). Le Livre III étudie les grands courants de pensée ainsi que les principaux ouvrages de cette philosophie. Le Livre IV, qui achève le programme, examinera pour sa part le travail le plus récent et sans doute le plus ambitieux de cette philosophie, qui s'est effectué de 1990 à nos jours.




Parables and Fables


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Winner of the 2014 Brittingham Prize in Poetry, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye The word tyrant carries negative connotations, but in this new collection, Joanne Diaz tries to understand what makes tyranny so compelling, even seductive. These dynamic, funny, often poignant poems investigate the nature of tyranny in all of its forms political, cultural, familial, and erotic. Poems about Stalin, Lenin, and Castro appear beside poems about deeply personal histories. The result is a powerful exploration of desire, grief, and loss in a world where private relationships are always illuminated and informed by larger, more despotic forces. Winner, Midwest Book Award for Poetry, Midwest Independent Publishers Association"




Histoire de la philosophie africaine: Introduction à la philosophie moderne et contemporaine


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Parce que mal connue dans les universités occidentales et dans celles d'Afrique, la philosophie africaine gagne à être questionnée et examinée minutieusement. C'est ainsi que la nécessité de l'élaboration d'une histoire de la philosophie est devenue impérieuse. Ainsi le Livre I jette-t-il les bases d'une histoire de la philosophie ancienne, tandis que le Livre II s'est donné pour tâche la constitution d'une histoire de la philosophie africaine moderne et contemporaine (1945-1990). Le Livre III étudie les grands courants de pensée ainsi que les principaux ouvrages de cette philosophie. Le Livre IV, qui achève le programme, examinera pour sa part le travail le plus récent et sans doute le plus ambitieux de cette philosophie, qui s'est effectué de 1990 à nos jours.




African Philosophy in Search of Identity


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African Philosophy in Search of Identity




The Struggle for Meaning


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"While the book's immediate concern is with Africa, the theoretical nature of its analyses and its bearing on postmodern theories of the "Other" will make this translation of great interest to many disciplines especially ethnic gender and multicultural studies."--BOOK JACKET.




Plotinus and African Concepts of Evil


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This book explores the concepts of evil in the world-views of Plotinus and the Nso' people of Cameroon. The author analyzes the theories of the natural structure and social organization of these views of the world. He stresses the importance of comparing Plotinus and African philosophy. The book offers a proper appreciation of fundamental differences, parallels and similarities and seeks to build on shared values and common existential concerns in the world-views of Plotinus and the Nso'. This book highlights the assumption that the world understood in terms of its wider dimensions is not a purposeless conglomerate of phenomena and events that bear no relation to each other, but is rather a structured whole, defined by hierarchy and order.




Ancient egyptian Philosophy and Theology


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"Mubabinge Bilolo's work is long overdue in English. Brilliantly, he has demonstrated that African philosophy, through his discussion of the cosmos-theologies of Ancient Egypt, is the genesis of most of the fundamental questions regarding the enigma of God and humanity. I cannot praise this work enough as of first importance in the reconstruction of Africa's place in human sciences". (Dr. Molefi Kete Asante, Professor, Temple University; USA).







Sage Philosophy


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Sage Philosophy is an anthology of three main parts: Part one contains papers by Odera Oruka clearing the way and arguing about his research over the last decade on indigenous sages in Kenya. Part Two introduces verbatim interviews with a given number of those sages, while Part Three consists of published papers by scholars who are critics or commentators on the Oruka project. The author has spent the last decade in Kenya carrying out his research. It is the general stand of the book that the sages turn out to be thinkers or philosophers in no trivial sense, despite their lack of modern formal education. This study is a critique for all those scholars who hitherto have found no practice of critical philosophy in traditional Africa.