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The book traces themes including ethnophilosophy and Negritude, sage philosophy, African humanism and socialism, and the question of race. It develops moral frameworks centered on community, justice, suffering, truth, reconciliation, Ubuntu, and restorative justice, while analyzing narrative, orality, icons, and the ethics of dialogue.","UNDERSTANDING AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY  \nThis page intentionally left blank.  \nUNDERSTANDING AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY  \nA CROSS-CULTURAL APPROACH TO Classical and Contemporary Issues  \nRICHARD H. BELL  \nROUTLEDGE  \nNEW YORK AND LONDON  \nPublished in 2002 by Routledge  \n29 West 35th Street New York, NY 10001 Published in Great Britain by Routledge  \n11 New Fetter Lane London EC4P 4EE  \nRoutledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group.  \nThis edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004.  \nCopyright © 2002 by Routledge  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any  \nform or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nDesign and typography: Jack Donner 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress.  \nUnderstanding African Philosophy/Richard H.Bell ISBN 0-203-80074-5 Master e-book ISBN  \nISBN 0-203-80077-X (Adobe eReader Format)  \nISBN 0-415-93936-4 (Print Edition)—ISBN 0-415-93937-2 (pbk.)  \nTo my wife and children, Barbara, Jonathan, & Rebecca:  \nyou have given me great joy in life  \nThis page intentionally left blank.  \ncontents  \nPreface  \nAcknowledgments  \n1. Understanding Another Culture  \nUnderstanding Others and Ourselves  \nA Procedure from an Aesthetic Point of View  \n“Found in Translation”  \n2. Foundations of Modern African Philosophy  \nEthnophilosophy and the “Negritude” Movement Critical, Scientific Philosophy  \nSage Philosophy  \n3. Liberation and Postcolonial African Philosophy  \nAfrican Humanism and Socialism  \nPostcolonial African Thought  \nThe Question of “Race”  \n4. African Moral Philosophy I: Community and Justice  \nPersons, Individualism, and Communalism  \nSuffering and Injustice  \nPoverty and Human Development  \n5. African Moral Philosophy II: Truth and Reconciliation  \nLinking Communalism, Ubuntu, and Restorative Justice Understanding the Grammar of Justice after Apartheid“Not All Storytelling Heals”: Criticisms of the TRC Process Justice and Political Transformation  \n6. Narrative in African Philosophy: Orality and Icons  \nThe Philosophical Significance of Oral Narratives Rational Dialogue, Democracy, and the Village Palaver Finding Pictures and Fictitious Narratives “Surprising”  \nxxviii  \n1  \n21  \n36  \n58  \n83  \n106  \nviii UNDERSTANDING AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY  \nIconic Forms and the Aesthetic Consciousness Revisited  \n7. Some Concluding Remarks 132  \nNotes 136  \nBibliography 171  \nIndex 181  \nSeriously to study another way of life is necessarily to extend our own.  \n—Peter Winch","cbCaienDZu2lzgYt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaienDZu2lzgYt","pdf",1042920,5,1,206,"English","en",105,"# Preface\n# Acknowledgments\n# Understanding Another Culture\n# Foundations of Modern African Philosophy\n# Liberation and Postcolonial African Philosophy\n# African Moral Philosophy I: Community and Justice\n# African Moral Philosophy II: Truth and Reconciliation\n# Narrative in African Philosophy: Orality and Icons\n# Some Concluding Remarks\n# Notes\n# Bibliography\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the scope and goal of Understanding African Philosophy by Richard H. 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