A companion to African philosophy

Description

"This volume, comprised of 42 newly commissioned and 5 adapted essays, provides comprehensive coverage of African philosophy, ranging across disciplines and throughout the ages." "The essays encompass all the main branches of philosophy - logic, epistemology, metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, religion, and politics, among others - as these have occupied the African mind in both communal and individual conceptions. A special feature of the volume is its historical dimension, including a substantial treatment of ancient African philosophy as encountered in ancient Egypt, an extended study of medieval North African thinkers, an enlightening discussion of pre-colonial African philosophy, and a history of African political thought in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."--Jacket.

First Sentence

It is a mere prejudice to believe that the philosophical epoch of humanity begins first among the Greeks in the fifth century BC.

Excerpt

It is a mere prejudice to believe that the philosophical epoch of humanity begins first among the Greeks in the fifth century BC.

Subjects

Series Statement

• Blackwell companions to philosophy -- 28

Other Editions

• A companion to African philosophyBlackwell Pub.2004-01-01
• A Companion to African Philosophy (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy)Blackwell Publishing Limited2004-01-01
• Companion to African Philosophy, A. Blackwell Companions to PhilosophyWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John2004-01-01
• A Companion to African Philosophy (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy)PaperbackBlackwell Publishing Limited2006-01-01
• Companion to African PhilosophyWiley & Sons, Limited, John2007-01-01
• Companion to African PhilosophyWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John2008-01-01