Reason in History - Hegel and Social Changes in Africa

Informationen zum Autor Babacar Camara is associate professor of Black World Studies, Comparative Literature, and French at Miami University in Ohio. Klappentext Reason in History provides theoretical clarity and conceptual analysis that is well a propos, considering the potential and actual societal changes we are witnessing. Has there ever been or can there be a structural change that would thereby reveal an internal dynamic in African societies? For us, the elements determining the forms and law of social changes are less interesting than the possibility of change itself. Is change universal of just a property of a certain type of social totality? Hegel's theories seem to do Africa justice or simply match the true reality of traditional African societies. Africa is not and has never been static. The book also fosters a greater appreciation of the grandeur and complexity of Hegel's dialectic: he is still judging our world despite what postmodernist scholars and ethnophilosophers think. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Preface 2 Introduction 3 Chapter 1. History According to Hegel 4 Chapter 2. Contradictiions in the Hegelian System 5 Chapter 3. The State and Civil Society 6 Chapter 4. Fundamental Aspects of African Cultures 7 Chapter 5. From the Concept of Labor to the Labor of Concept 8 Chapter 6. Labor in Traditional Africa 9 Epilogue

Product details

• Authors: Babacar Camara
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2011
• EAN: 9780739142318
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-4231-8
• No. of pages: 154
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ethnic Studies, Political Ideologies, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General