Philosophy in an African Place

Bruce B. Janz (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

286 Seiten

2009
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-3668-3 (ISBN)

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Over the past few decades, there has been much effort put forth by philosophers to answer the question, "Is there an African philosophy?" Bruce B. Janz boldly changes this central question to "What is it to do philosophy in this (African) place?" in Philosophy in an African Place. Janz argues that African philosophy has spent a lot of time trying to define what African philosophy is, and in doing so has ironically been unable to properly conceptualize African lived experience. He goes on to claim that such conceptualization can only occur when the central question is changed from the spatial to a new, platial one.

Philosophy in an African Place both opens up new questions within the field, and also establishes "philosophy-in-place", a mode of philosophy which begins from the places in which concepts have currency and shows how a truly creative philosophy can emerge from focusing on questioning, listening, and attending to difference. This innovative new approach to African philosophy will be useful not only to African and African-American philosophers, but also to scholars interested in any cultural, intercultural, or national philosophical projects.

Bruce B. Janz is chair of the department of philosophy at the University of Central Florida.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Philosophy-in-Place
Chapter 2. Tradition in the Periphery
Chapter 3. Questioning Reason
Chapter 4. "Wisdom Is Actually Thought"
Chapter 5. Culture and the Problem of Universality
Chapter 6. Listening to Language
Chapter 7. Practicality: African Philosophy's Debts and Duties
Chapter 8. Locating African Philosophy

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.9.2009
Sprache	englisch
Maße	162 x 240 mm
Gewicht	592 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
ISBN-10	0-7391-3668-2 / 0739136682
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-3668-3 / 9780739136683
Zustand	Neuware