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Lieferstatus:	i.d.R. innert 14-24 Tagen versandfertig
Veröffentlichung:	Oktober 2012
Genre:	Philosophie
ISBN:	9783631639030
EAN-Code:	9783631639030
Verlag:	Peter Lang
Einband:	Gebunden
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 216 mm / B 153 mm / D 16 mm
Gewicht:	403 gr
Seiten:	220
Zus. Info:	HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
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Inhalt:

Philosophy as a discipline has not only been distinct and crucial but also consistent in the enduring search for practical solutions to human problems. This study discusses the role philosophical enquiries and postulations can play in the practical reconstruction of Africa. It identifies the continent¿s peculiar and diverse challenges as arising mostly from effects of Western intervention in African history and argues for a restoration of the heritage immanent in Africäs oral tradition. The author prefers an African philosophy rooted in a critical reappraisal and appropriation of Africäs oral literature which not only possesses a treasure of philosophical ideas and principles but can also be employed in meeting the challenges confronting Africa and in sustaining development there. He, consequently, defends the theory of intracultural dialogue as the best possible option towards a practical reconstruction of Africa in an African manner. This dialogue can be initiated and sustained with the help of philosophical hermeneutics and through the method of ordinary-language philosophy. The intracultural dialogue is seen as the necessary foundation for a meaningful, productive, and realistic intercultural dialogue.