Explorations in African Political Thought
eBook - ePub

Explorations in African Political Thought

Identity, Community, Ethics

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Explorations in African Political Thought

Identity, Community, Ethics

About this book

This rich collection brings together many of the leading authorities on African political philosophy to present a variety of perspectives on this rapidly growing field. They seek to show that African philosophy can serve African people as a moral activity guided by the principles of practical reason in addressing problems of the basic structures of social, political, and economic institutions.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Contents
  6. Preface by K. Anthony Appiah
  7. Introduction African Philosophy: A Critical/Moral Practice
  8. 1 The Wisdom of African Sages
  9. 2 The Proverb and Oral Society
  10. 3 Ethnic Identity as a Political Resource
  11. 4 Ibn Khaldun: A Dialectical Philosopher for the New Millennium
  12. 5 Zara Yacob: A Seventeenth-Century Ethiopian Founder of Modernity in Africa
  13. 6 Critical Rationalism and Cultural Traditions in African Philosophy
  14. 7 Ideology and African Political Culture
  15. 8 Normative Instability as Source of Africa's Political Disorder
  16. 9 Good Government Is Accountability
  17. 10 Society and Democracy in Africa
  18. Notes
  19. Notes on Contributors
  20. Index