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The Ink of the Scholars
Bachir Diagne
其他書名
Reflections on Philosophy in Africa
出版CODESRIA, 2016-12-29
主題Philosophy / History & Surveys / General
ISBN286978743X9782869787438
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=bQBXEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋What are the issues discussed today by African philosophers? Four important topics are identified here as important objects of philosophical reflection on the African continent. One is the question of ontology in relation to African religions and aesthetics. Another is the question of time and, in particular, of prospective thinking and development. A third issue is the task of reconstructing the intellectual history of the continent through the examination of the question of orality but also by taking into account the often neglected tradition of written erudition in Islamic centres of learning. Timbuktu is certainly the most important and most famous of such intellectual centres. The fourth question concerns political philosophy: the concept of African socialisms is revisited and the march that led to the adoption of the African Charter of Human and Peoples Rights is examined. All these important issues are also fundamental to understanding the question of African languages and translation.