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A Companion to African Philosophy

ISBN: 978-0-631-20751-1

January 2004

Wiley-Blackwell

608 pages

Description

This volume of newly commissioned essays provides comprehensive coverage of African philosophy, ranging across disciplines and throughout the ages.

  • Offers a distinctive historical treatment of African philosophy.
  • Covers all the main branches of philosophy as addressed in the African tradition.
  • Includes accounts of pre-colonial African philosophy and contemporary political thought.
About the Author
Kwasi Wiredu is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida. His books include Philosophy and An African Culture (1981).
Features

  • Provides a comprehensive collection of new essays on African philosophy throughout ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary times.

  • Offers a distinctive historical treatment of African philosophy.

  • Covers all the main branches of philosophy as addressed in the African tradition.

  • Includes accounts of pre-colonial African philosophy and contemporary political thought.