African Philosophy in an Intercultural Perspective

African Philosophy in an Intercultural Perspective
Author: Anke Graneß
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2022-05-18
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3476058328

African philosophy under the specific conditions of a colonial and postcolonial world is – at least since the 20th century if not even earlier – inherently intercultural. The aim and target of the volume is to reveal, interrogate and analyse the intercultural dimension in African philosophy, and to critically interrogate the project of an intercultural philosophy from an African perspective. This volume is the first publication that explicitly discusses African philosophy as a challenge to the project of intercultural philosophy.

Understanding African Philosophy

Understanding African Philosophy
Author: Richard H. Bell
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2002
Genre: Philosophie africaine
ISBN: 9780415939379

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Cultural Universals and Particulars

Cultural Universals and Particulars
Author: Kwasi Wiredu
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1996
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780253210807

"Wiredu's discussion of culturally defined values and concepts, as well as his attention to such timely issues as human rights, makes this book invaluable interdisciplinary reading." —D. A. Masolo Ghanaian philosopher Kwasi Wiredu confronts the paradox that while Western cultures recoil from claims of universality, previously colonized peoples, seeking to redefine their identities, insist on cultural particularities. Wiredu asserts that universals, rightly conceived on the basis of our common biological identity, are not incompatible with cultural particularities and, in fact, are what make intercultural communication possible. Drawing on aspects of Akan thought that appear to diverge from Western conceptions in the areas of ethics and metaphysics, Wiredu calls for a just reappraisal of these disparities, free of thought patterns corrupted by a colonial mentality. Wiredu's exposition of the principles of African traditional philosophy is not purely theoretical; he shows how certain aspects of African political thought may be applied to the practical resolution of some of Africa's most pressing problems.

Political Philosophy from an Intercultural Perspective

Political Philosophy from an Intercultural Perspective
Author: Bianca Boteva-Richter
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-01-29
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781032023229

This book encourages critical reflection on the relationship between power and non-power in the contemporary political world from a variety of intercultural philosophical traditions.

Political Philosophy from an Intercultural Perspective

Political Philosophy from an Intercultural Perspective
Author: Bianca Boteva-Richter
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2021-06-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1000402967

The objective of the following collected volume is to encourage a critical reflection on the relationship between "power" and "non-power" in our contemporary "world" and, proceeding from various philosophical traditions, to investigate the multifaceted aspects of this relationship. The authors’ respective investigations proceed from an intercultural perspective and fall predominantly in the domain of political theory and philosophy. This volume takes an intercultural political perspective, which means, on the one hand, involving non-European philosophies in a global debate about power relations and their effects in the world and, on the other hand, confronting local traditions of thought with a global inquiry in order to enter into a philosophical-political dialogue with these traditions. An intercultural approach of this type to political philosophy seeks not only to join others in reflecting upon global problems, but also to decenter of our understanding of the world, drawing attention to new ways of thinking. Insofar as the authors of the planned volume deal with "concrete" philosophical-political problems unfolding in various regions of the world, they seek to shed light on burning issues like migration, human rights violations, dictatorship and language, global poverty, power asymmetries, experiences of injustice with the further goal of offering a particularly intercultural analysis of these problems along with approaches to resolving them. To date, there is no book that collects various essays from different countries and perspectives and poses political-philosophical problems from an intercultural point of view.

Philosophy and Democracy in intercultural Perspective / Philosophie et démocratie en perspective interculturelle

Philosophy and Democracy in intercultural Perspective / Philosophie et démocratie en perspective interculturelle
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2021-11-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004457992

For the time being African philosophy is treated regularly in research and in teaching at two European scientific institutions: at the University of Vienna and at Erasmus University Rotterdam. In October 1993 there have been held two conferences of Western and African philosophers at both universities. Eleven African and nine Western scholars participated as speakers in these conferences. Four African speakers gave lectures at the Vienna and at the Rotterdam conference. The Vienna conference dealt with general questions of postcolonial philosophy in Africa. The conference at Rotterdam focused on the processes of democratization in African countries since 1989. This volume contains the papers of both conferences. En ce moment la philosophie Africaine est traité regulièrement dans les recherches et dans l'enseignement à deux instituts scientifiques Européens: à l'Université de Vienne et à l'Université Erasme de Rotterdam. En Octobre 1993 deux conférences de philosophes Occidentals et Africains ont été organisé aux deux universités. Onze savants Africans et neuf savants Occidentals ont participé à ces deux conférences. Quatre savants Africains ont présenté des communications à tous les deux conférences de Vienne et de Rotterdam. La conférence Viennoise s'occupait de questions générales de la philosophie postcoloniale en Afrique. La conférence de Rotterdam focusait aux procès de démocratisation dans des pays africains depuis 1989. Se trouvent en ce volume les contributions à les deux conférences.

Time and Temporality in Intercultural Perspective

Time and Temporality in Intercultural Perspective
Author: Douwe Tiemersma
Publisher: Rodopi
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1996
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9789051839739

From the contents: The necessity of intercultural philosophy (Jan Hoogland).- Some reflections on Aristotle's notion of time in an intercultural perspective (Juergen Hengelbrock).- Time in Buddhism and Leibniz: an intercultural perspective (Hari Shankar Prasad).- Time and temporality from the Japanese perspective (Tomonaga Tairako).- Time and African thought (Kwasi Wiredu). (Barbara Arizti Martin).

Intercultural Philosophy

Intercultural Philosophy
Author: Ram Adhar Mall
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2000-01-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1461637821

The meeting of different cultures, philosophies and religions today calls for an intensive and qualified discourse on the part of all concerned. Intercultural Philosophy seeks to develop such a discourse through a new orientation of thought that will allow for a discussion of all philosophical problems from an intercultural perspective. In this important new work, Ram Adhar Mall approaches the study of philosophy from a cross-cultural point of view allowing for fundamental similarities and illuminating differences between cultures. In doing so, he develops a new concept of intercultural philosophy and applies it to various philosophical disciplines.