Self and Community in a Changing World

Informationen zum Autor D. A. Masolo Klappentext His unique thinking about community and the role of the individual extends African philosophy in new, global directions. Zusammenfassung Advances understandings of what it means to be human - whether of African or other origin. This title offers solutions for containing socially destructive conduct and antisocial tendencies by engaging community. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Philosophy and Indigenous Knowledge 2. Philosophy and the Orders of Consciousness 3. Revaluation of Values and the Demand for Liberties 4. Understanding Personhood: An African Philosophical Anthropology 5. Juok as the Moral Foundation of Personhood 6. Two Forms of Communitarianism: A Comparison In Lieu of a Conclusion: A Village Symposium on Experience Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: D A Masolo, D. A. Masolo, D.A. Masolo, Masolo D a
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.07.2010
• EAN: 9780253222022
• ISBN: 978-0-253-22202-2
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works