Trends and Issues in African Philosophy

This book provides an excellent orientation to, and a logical development of, the major trends and issues that have dominated discussions in African philosophy since the publication of Placide Tempels' Bantu Philosophy in 1945. Views of some of the best-known African philosophers, such as Kwasi Wiredu, Paulin Hountondji, H. Odera Oruka, Peter Bodunrin, and D. A. Masolo are discussed in detail. The text takes into account, in the form of quotations or referencing, the views of several other philosophers who have had something to say about African philosophy. This book facilitates an excellent orientation on African philosophy at the undergraduate level. Those pursuing African philosophy at the graduate level will find the text refreshingly novel.

About the author

The Author: F. Ochieng'-Odhiambo received his Ph.D. from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He is currently affiliated with the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill campus, Barbados, where he developed and teaches courses in African philosophy. He previously taught African philosophy, logic, and social-political philosophy at the University of Nairobi, the Institute of Philosophy (Lang'ata, Kenya), and the National University of Lesotho (southern Africa). His research interest is African philosophy with a focus on philosophic sagacity, an area in which he has written several journal articles. He is the author of
Logic and Induction
(1996),
African Philosophy: An Introduction
(1997),
Introductory Symbolic Logic
(2003),
Conversations in Philosophy
(2008), and
Foundations of Ethics
(2009).

Summary

Provides an orientation to, and a logical development of, the major trends and issues that have dominated discussions in African philosophy since the publication of Placide Tempels' Bantu Philosophy in 1945. In this book, views of some of the African philosophers, such as Kwasi Wiredu, Peter Bodunrin, and D A Masolo are discussed in detail.

Product details

• Authors: F. Ochieng'-Odhiambo, F. Ochieng-Odhiambo, Frederick Ochieng-Odhiambo
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9781433107504
• ISBN: 978-1-4331-0750-4
• No. of pages: 237
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 20 mm x 226 mm
• Weight: 480 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Eastern philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Trends, PHILOSOPHY / General, Frederick, Issues, Philosophy, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Miscellaneous, african, Literary studies: general, Non-Western philosophy, African Languages, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Islamic and Arab philosophy, African philosophy, Odhiambo, Nationalist-Ideological Philosophy, Ethnophilosophy, Ochieng, Philosophical Hermeneutics, Philosophical Sagacity, Professional Philosophy