Disentangling Consciencism: Essays on Kwame Nkrumah's Philosophy (African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue) - Softcover

Ajei, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1498511538 ISBN 13: 9781498511537

Verlag: Lexington Books, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Kwame Nkrumah is globally recognized as a foremost pan-Africanist strategist and statesman. He is less widely acknowledged as a philosopher, in spite of his considerable philosophical training, seminal contribution to African political theory, and incisive critique of the ethics of international relations. Consciencism has the distinctive status of being the only published book that Nkrumah consciously meant to be a work of his philosophy, yet it has failed to attract the focused attention of philosophers.

The chapters in Disentangling Consciencism: Essays on Kwame Nkrumah's Philosophy critically explore the metaphysical, ethical and political thought expressed in Consciencism. In doing so, they broaden our understanding of his philosophical ideas and their relevance for effective African contribution to thought in a contemporary world in which Africa increasingly totters on the margins of international affairs. In much of current moral and political thinking, there is a tendency to universalize liberal values and neglect non-Western philosophical perspectives. At the same time, global normative thinking is overwhelmingly applied in non-Western contexts. Writing from across three continents, the contributors to this volume establish greater intellectual connection among African, Asian and Western academics, and their chapters offer explicit perspectives on the value of Nkrumah's philosophy, and on the conceptual basis of early post-colonial public policy options in Africa. A valuable appendix provides the text of speeches delivered at the 1964 launch of Consciencism.

With insights into numerous dimensions of Nkrumah's philosophy, this volume will be of particular interest to students and scholars of philosophy-especially of non-Western metaphysical, moral and political thought-and to anyone working in the history of African political theory.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Martin Odei Ajei is senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Ghana.

Leif Wenar is chair of philosophy and law at King's College London.

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• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1498511538
• ISBN 13: 9781498511537
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 374
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