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Ethnophilosophy and the Search for the Wellspring of African Philosophy

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Editors:
  1. Ada Agada

    1. Centre for Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies (CIIS), Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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  • The first book in the 21st century to demonstrate the continuing relevance of ethnophilosophy in African philosophy

  • Comprehensively defends ethnophilosophy in the light of the brilliant system-building projects by contemporary African philosophers

  • Opens up new perspectives on innovative thought for African philosophy

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Some Metaphilosophical Issues Revisited

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Ethnophilosophy and the Wellspring of Philosophy in Africa

      • Bruce B. Janz
      Pages 3-15

    3. A Wellspring of African Philosophical Concepts? The What and Why Questions in the Context of Interculturality

      • Ada Agada
      Pages 17-38

    4. What Is ‘Ethno’ and ‘Philosophy’ in Ethno-Philosophy?

      • Diana-Abasi Ibanga
      Pages 39-56

    5. Beyond the Universalist Critique and the Particularist Defence of Ethnophilosophy

      • L. Uchenna Ogbonnaya
      Pages 57-70

    6. African Philosophy: With and Beyond Ethnophilosophy

      • Aribiah David Attoe
      Pages 71-86

    7. Beyond Placide Tempels’ Bantu Philosophy and in Defence of the Philosophical Viability of Ethnophilosophy

      • Edwin Etieyibo
      Pages 87-103

    8. The Case Against Ethnophilosophy

      • Anthony Chimankpam Ojimba
      Pages 105-116

  3. Continuities and Discontinuities, the Past and the Present

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Ethno-Philosophical Currents in Kwame Gyekye’s Philosophy

      • Hasskei M. Majeed
      Pages 119-136

    3. H. Odera Oruka’s Philosophic Sagacity as a Variety of Ethno-Philosophy

      • Pius Mosima
      Pages 137-157

    4. “Ethnophilosophy” and Wiredu’s Programme of Synthesis

      • Martin Odei Ajei
      Pages 159-171
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About this book

This book provides a case for the de-stigmatisation of ethnophilosophy by demonstrating its continuing relevance in contemporary African philosophy. The book brings together established and brilliant young scholars who defend ethnophilosophy as a unique source of African philosophy with the capacity to colour African philosophical scholarship, thereby distinguishing African philosophy from other philosophical traditions of the world and setting the stage for philosophical dialogue in the 21st century characterised by multiculturalism and globalisation. The volume addresses the future of African philosophy by closely linking the past of this tradition with the exciting projects of the contemporary system builders whose works emerge from the ethnophilosophical while transcending it. The book is aimed at African philosophy experts, scholars of intercultural philosophy, African studies scholars and graduate students of African and intercultural philosophy.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies (CIIS), Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Ada Agada

About the editor

Ada Agada received his PhD from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. His first book, Existence and Consolation: Reinventing Ontology, Gnosis, and Values in African Philosophy, has been highly praised for its originality and is a winner of the prestigious CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title (OAT) award. He is the recipient of research fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH), the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), and the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS). He is currently writing a major monograph and a series of articles that ground consolationism in traditional and contemporary African thought while projecting the thought-system in an intercultural context. Agada is currently a researcher at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany, and a senior researcher at the Conversational School of Philosophy, Calabar, Nigeria.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ethnophilosophy and the Search for the Wellspring of African Philosophy

  • Editors: Ada Agada

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78897-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-78896-4Published: 13 January 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-78899-5Published: 14 January 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-78897-1Published: 12 January 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 328

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Philosophy, general

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