Ochieng'-Odhiambo, F.
Trends and issues in African philosophy [electronic resource] / F. Ochieng'-Odhiambo. - New York : Peter Lang, c2010. - xi, 237 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The historical phase -- Western discourse on Africa -- Egyptology : an African response -- Afrocentricity -- Conclusion -- African philosophy as ethnophilosophy -- Tempels on Bantu philosophy -- African religions and philosophy -- Horton on African and western thought systems -- Other ethnophilsophers and general critiques -- The professional approach -- Ethnophilosophy and professional philosophy -- Myth and reality of African philosophy -- Traditional thought and modern philosophy in Africa -- Wiredu's truth as opinion -- A case against the professional school -- Philosophic sagacity --Sage philosophy and philosophic sagacity -- Relevance of sagacious reasoning -- Keita's objections -- Three ways of approaching philosophic sagacity -- Masolo on philosophic sagacity -- Odera Oruka's mission in African philosophy -- Nationalist-ideological philosophy -- Nationalist-ideological philosophy and ethnophilosophy -- Consciencism -- Ujamaa : the basis of African socialism -- African socialism and federalism in post-colonial Africa -- African philosophical hermeneutics -- Universalism and particularism -- Hermeneutical orientation in African philosophy.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2012.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Philosophy, African--20th century.
Electronic books.
B5320 / .O24 2010eb
199/.6
Trends and issues in African philosophy [electronic resource] / F. Ochieng'-Odhiambo. - New York : Peter Lang, c2010. - xi, 237 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The historical phase -- Western discourse on Africa -- Egyptology : an African response -- Afrocentricity -- Conclusion -- African philosophy as ethnophilosophy -- Tempels on Bantu philosophy -- African religions and philosophy -- Horton on African and western thought systems -- Other ethnophilsophers and general critiques -- The professional approach -- Ethnophilosophy and professional philosophy -- Myth and reality of African philosophy -- Traditional thought and modern philosophy in Africa -- Wiredu's truth as opinion -- A case against the professional school -- Philosophic sagacity --Sage philosophy and philosophic sagacity -- Relevance of sagacious reasoning -- Keita's objections -- Three ways of approaching philosophic sagacity -- Masolo on philosophic sagacity -- Odera Oruka's mission in African philosophy -- Nationalist-ideological philosophy -- Nationalist-ideological philosophy and ethnophilosophy -- Consciencism -- Ujamaa : the basis of African socialism -- African socialism and federalism in post-colonial Africa -- African philosophical hermeneutics -- Universalism and particularism -- Hermeneutical orientation in African philosophy.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2012.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Philosophy, African--20th century.
Electronic books.
B5320 / .O24 2010eb
199/.6