African Epistemology: Essays on Being and Knowledge (Routledge Studies in African Philosophy)

Synopsis

This book investigates how knowledge is conceived and explored within the African context. Epistemology, or the theory of knowledge, has historically been dominated by the Western approach to the discourse of knowledge. This book however shines a much-needed spotlight on knowledge systems originating within the African continent. Bringing together key voices from across the field of African philosophy, this book explores the nature of knowledge across the continent and how they are rooted in Africans’ ontological sense of being and self. At a time when moves to decolonize curricula are gaining momentum, this book shows how understanding the specific ways of knowing that form part of the every day life of the African, will play an important part in rebalancing studies of philosophy globally. Employing critical, conceptual and rigorous analyses of the nature and essence of knowledge as understood by indigenous African societies, the book ultimately asks what could pass as an African theory of knowledge. This important guide to the connections between knowledge and being, in African philosophical thought, will be an important resource for researchers and students of philosophy and African studies.

Copyright:

2023

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

188 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000854152

Related ISBNs:

9781003182320, 9781032022017, 9781032022000

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

05/31/23

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Peter Aloysius Ikhane and Isaac E. Ukpokolo

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics and Government

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Peter Aloysius Ikhane

Edited by:

Isaac E. Ukpokolo