How best to bring the genius of African traditional philosophy into dialogue with the European and global traditions of thought? The philosophy of Aristotle â 'baptised' by medieval Christian philosopher Thomas Aquinas â has been formative in premodern European thought. Now this frame of thinking, predating the skepticism and relativism that has accompanied the culture of modernity, has been re-expressed in a contemporary vein by Bernard Lonergan and Alasdair MacIntyre
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Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the author
- Preface
- Chapter One
- Introduction. Towards a Fruitful Dialogue
- Part One
- Ethics and the African Philosophical Tradition
- Chapter Two
- Being a Person in the Context of African Traditional Thought
- Chapter Three
- Basic Intuitions in African Ethics
- Chapter Four
- African Traditional Philosophy of Mind: Facilitating a Dialogue
- Chapter Five
- âDifferentiation of Consciousnessâ: A Conceptual Tool for Unpacking African Traditional Thought
- Part Two
- Virtue Ethics: An Africa-Type Response To The Liberal Ideal
- Chapter Six
- A Communitarian Framing of the Liberal Ideal
- Chapter Seven
- Virtues in a Post-traditional Society
- Part Three
- Applications
- Chapter Eight
- African Environmental Ethics: Beyond the Impasse
- Chapter Nine
- Tradition, Modernity and the Virtues in Music Professionals: The Example of Amakwaya
- Chapter Ten
- Character and Professionalism in the Context of Developing Countries - a Debate about Mercenaries
- Chapter Eleven
- Secular Public Policy and the African Ecclesial Response
- Part Four
- The University Curriculum
- Chapter Twelve
- The African University and the Social Sciences
- Chapter Thirteen
- Traditional-Religious Knowledge in Humanising Education
- Chapter Fourteen
- Teaching Philosophy and Religion: Can African Traditional Culture Offer Something of Value?
- Chapter Fifteen
- The Idea of African Scholarship
- Chapter Sixteen
- âPhilosophy for Childrenâ in Africa
- References
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