Consolationism and Comparative African Philosophy

In a major challenge to African philosophy, this book demonstrates the importance of the universalisation question for every committed African philosopher. It will be an important read for researchers in the fields of African Studies, intercultural philosophy, philosophy of mind, and existentialism.

Autorentext

Ada Agada is a Nigerian philosopher and author of Existence and Consolation: Reinventing Ontology, Gnosis, and Values in African Philosophy, a 2015 CHOICE's Outstanding Academic Title (OAT) award winner. He was educated in Nigeria and has held research fellowships in Africa and Europe. He has published widely in international publishing outlets and has also taught philosophy courses in Africa and Europe. He is currently a senior researcher at the Conversational School of Philosophy (CSP), Calabar, Nigeria.

Inhalt

Part One: The universalism-particularism conundrum revisited 1. Ethnophilosophy in the African philosophical canon 2. The perennial challenge: Transcending the universalism-particularism divide 3. Transcending the universalism-particularism divide: The challenge of consolationism Part Two: Consolation philosophy 4. The consolationist system 5. On God and nature 6. Homo melancholicus Part Three: Cross-cultural and comparative philosophy 7. Cross-cultural and comparative philosophy as moral conversation 8. Consolation philosophy's challenge to German philosophy and Western existentialist thought 9.The intellectual love of God in a comparative context