Ibuarụ
The Heavy Burden of Philosophy
beyond African Philosophy
by
Pages: 336
ISBN:
3-8258-0538-8
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First Published: 2007 by LIT Verlag Publishers, Münster
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Description:
The book investigates the phenomenon of unintended
ethnocentric commitment as the Ibuarụ (heavy burden) of philosophy as a culture-related
undertaking in the age of globalization. Drawing examples from within and
outside African philosophy the author shows the special character of the
problem beyond the classical issue of value-oriented bias in inquiry. With
particular reference to African philosophy, the author shows how this
phenomenon has to do with what he calls the “Tempelsian
damage”. He delves into matters arising from this phenomenon as they relate to
the “universal and categorical character statements”, “raw and complementary
cognitive ambiences”, “encrypted phenomena”, “the arụsi controversy”,
“conceptual decolonization”, “meaning and language”, “origin of ideas”,
“copycat-philosophy” etc.