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Classification of Knowledge in Islam - A Study in Islamic Philosophies of Science (Paperback): Osman Bakar Classification of Knowledge in Islam - A Study in Islamic Philosophies of Science (Paperback)
Osman Bakar
R550 R448 Discovery Miles 4 480 Save R102 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The classification of knowledge is a recurring theme in Islamic scholarship. Successive generations of Muslim scholars, from al-Kindi in the ninth century to Shah Waliallah of Delhi in the eighteenth century, have devoted considerable efforts to the exposition of this theme. The lives and the ideas of the three thinkers discussed in 'Classification of Knowledge in Islam' - al-Farabi (870-950AD), al-Ghazzali (1058-1111AD) and Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236-1311AD) - cover the pivotal period of Islamic history from the first flourishing of the philosophical sciences to the sacking of Baghdad by the Mongols. In addition, each of these three thinkers was either a founder or an eminent representative of a major intellectual school in Islam. Al-Farabi was the founder and one of the most prominent representatives of the mashsha'i (Peripatetic) school of philosopher-scientists. Al-Ghazzali is still recognised as the most famous theologian/sufi of Islam. Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi represents the ishraqi (Illuminationists) school of philosophy. Prof. Osman Bakar's 'Classification of Knowledge in Islam' is the first work of its kind in the English language and is based on extensive scholarships and reference to the original texts.

The Conference of the Birds (Paperback): Farid Attar The Conference of the Birds (Paperback)
Farid Attar; Translated by Afkham Darbandi, Dick Davis; Introduction by Afkham Darbandi, Dick Davis
R332 R269 Discovery Miles 2 690 Save R63 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Consisting of a group of stories bound together by a pilgrimage, this great twelfth-century poem is an allegorical rendering of the Way of the Sufi—the secretive and paradoxical form of Islamic mysticism.

Kafka's Monkey and Other Phantoms of Africa (Paperback): Seloua Luste Boulbina Kafka's Monkey and Other Phantoms of Africa (Paperback)
Seloua Luste Boulbina; Translated by Laura Hengehold
R1,166 R1,093 Discovery Miles 10 930 Save R73 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Even though many of France's former colonies became independent over fifty years ago, the concept of "colony" and who was affected by colonialism remain problematic in French culture today. Seloua Luste Boulbina, an Algerian-French philosopher and political theorist, shows how the colony's structures persist in the subjectivity, sexuality, and bodily experience of human beings who were once brought together through force. This text, which combines two works by Luste Boulbina, shows how France and its former colonies are haunted by power relations that are supposedly old history, but whose effects on knowledge, imagination, emotional habits, and public controversies have persisted vividly into the present. Luste Boulbina draws on the work of Michel Foucault, Frantz Fanon, and Edouard Glissant to build a challenging, original, and intercultural philosophy that responds to blind spots of inherited political and social culture. Kafka's Monkey and Other Phantoms of Africa offers unique insights into how issues of migration, religious and ethnic identity, and postcolonial history affect contemporary France and beyond.

Insubordinate Spaces - Improvisation and Accompaniment for Social Justice (Paperback): Barbara Tomlinson, George Lipsitz Insubordinate Spaces - Improvisation and Accompaniment for Social Justice (Paperback)
Barbara Tomlinson, George Lipsitz
R794 Discovery Miles 7 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Insubordinate spaces are places of possibility, products of acts of accompaniment and improvisation that deepen capacities for democratic social change. Barbara Tomlinson and George Lipsitz's Insubordinate Spaces explores the challenges facing people committed to social justice in an era when social institutions have increasingly been reconfigured to conform to the imperatives of a market society. In their book, the authors argue that education, the arts, and activism are key terrains of political and ideological conflict. They explore and analyze exemplary projects responding to current social justice issues and crises, from the Idle No More movement launched by Indigenous people in Canada to the performance art of Chingo Bling, Fandango convenings, the installation art of Ramiro Gomez, and the mass protests proclaiming "Black Lives Matter" in Ferguson, MO. Tomlinson and Lipsitz draw on key concepts from struggles to advance ideas about reciprocal recognition and co-creation as components in the construction of new egalitarian and democratic social relations, practices, and institutions.

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Race (Paperback): Naomi Zack The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Race (Paperback)
Naomi Zack
R1,691 Discovery Miles 16 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Race provides up-to-date explanation and analyses by leading scholars of contemporary issues in African American philosophy and philosophy of race. These original essays encompass the major topics and approaches in this emerging philosophical subfield that supports demographic inclusion and diversity while at the same time strengthening the conceptual arsenal of social and political philosophy. Over the course of the volume's ten topic-based sections, ideas about race held by Locke, Hume, Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche are supplemented by suppressed thought from the African diaspora, early twentieth-century African American perspectives and Native-, Asian-, and Latin-, American views. The contributors bring philosophical analysis to bear on the status of racial divisions as categories of humanity in the biological sciences, as well as within contemporary criticism and conceptual analysis. Essays present the special applications of American philosophy and continental philosophy to ideas of race as methodological alternatives to more analytic approaches. As a collection of analyses and assessments of 'race' in the real world, the volume pays trenchant and relevant attention to historical and contemporary racism and what it means to say that 'race' and racial identities are socially constructed. The essays analyze contemporary social issues including the importance of racial difference and identity in education, public health, medicine, IQ and other standardized tests, and sports. Additionally, the essays consider the societal limitations and structures provided by public policy and law. As a critical theory, the volume compares the study of race to feminism. Historical and contemporary, academic and popular, racisms pertaining to male and female gender receive special consideration throughout the volume. While this comprehensive collection may have the effect of a textbook, each of the original essays is a fresh and authentic development of important present thought.

Emil L. Fackenheim - A Jewish Philosopher's Response to the Holocaust (Paperback): David Patterson Emil L. Fackenheim - A Jewish Philosopher's Response to the Holocaust (Paperback)
David Patterson
R536 Discovery Miles 5 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Emil Fackenheim was the last in a long line of Jewish philosophers to emerge from Germany, the modern center of Western philosophy, following Moses Mendelssohn, Leo Baeck, and Martin Buber. In this revealing book, David Patterson explores Fackenheim's rigorous pursuit of a philosophical response to the tragedy of the Holocaust. Fackenheim's writing sheds light on the tensions between Jewish thinking and German philosophy, illustrating how elements of the latter were used by the Nazis to justify Jewish annihilation. In addition, he emphasizes the important implications of defining Jewish philosophy as its own entity, separate from the tenets of the Jewish cultural tradition.

Apocalypse-Cinema - 2012 and Other Ends of the World (Paperback): Peter Szendy Apocalypse-Cinema - 2012 and Other Ends of the World (Paperback)
Peter Szendy; Translated by Will Bishop; Foreword by Samuel Weber
R846 Discovery Miles 8 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Apocalypse-cinema is not only the end of time that has so often been staged as spectacle in films like 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, and The Terminator. By looking at blockbusters that play with general annihilation while also paying close attention to films like Melancholia, Cloverfield, Blade Runner, and Twelve Monkeys, this book suggests that in the apocalyptic genre, film gnaws at its own limit. Apocalypse-cinema is, at the same time and with the same double blow, the end of the world and the end of the film. It is the consummation and the (self-)consumption of cinema, in the form of an acinema that Lyotard evoked as the nihilistic horizon of filmic economy. The innumerable countdowns, dazzling radiations, freeze-overs, and seismic cracks and crevices are but other names and pretexts for staging film itself, with its economy of time and its rewinds, its overexposed images and fades to white, its freeze-frames and digital touch-ups. The apocalyptic genre is not just one genre among others: It plays with the very conditions of possibility of cinema. And it bears witness to the fact that, every time, in each and every film, what Jean-Luc Nancy called the cine-world is exposed on the verge of disappearing. In a Postface specially written for the English edition, Szendy extends his argument into a debate with speculative materialism. Apocalypse-cinema, he argues, announces itself as cinders that question the "ultratestimonial" structure of the filmic gaze. The cine-eye, he argues, eludes the correlationism and anthropomorphic structure that speculative materialists have placed under critique, allowing only the ashes it bears to be heard.

Syncope - The Philosophy of Rapture (Paperback): Catherine Clement Syncope - The Philosophy of Rapture (Paperback)
Catherine Clement
R926 R860 Discovery Miles 8 600 Save R66 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A comparison of Western and Indian philosophies using syncope, to describe the escape from self and the rapture of uncertainty in human endeavour.

The Constitution of Ancient China (Hardcover): Su Su Li The Constitution of Ancient China (Hardcover)
Su Su Li; Edited by Zhang Yongle, Daniel A. Bell; Translated by Edmund Ryden
R1,022 R948 Discovery Miles 9 480 Save R74 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How was the vast ancient Chinese empire brought together and effectively ruled? What are the historical origins of the resilience of contemporary China's political system? In The Constitution of Ancient China, Su Li, China's most influential legal theorist, examines the ways in which a series of fundamental institutions, rather than a supreme legal code upholding the laws of the land, evolved and coalesced into an effective constitution. Arguing that a constitution is an institutional response to a set of issues particular to a specific society, Su Li demonstrates how China unified a vast territory, diverse cultures, and elites from different backgrounds into a whole. He delves into such areas as uniform weights and measurements, the standardization of Chinese characters, and the building of the Great Wall. The book includes commentaries by four leading Chinese scholars in law, philosophy, and intellectual history-Wang Hui, Liu Han, Wu Fei, and Zhao Xiaoli-who share Su Li's ambition to explain the resilience of ancient China's political system but who contend that he overstates functionalist dimensions while downplaying the symbolic. Exploring why China has endured as one political entity for over two thousand years, The Constitution of Ancient China will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the institutional legacy of the Chinese empire.

Vampyroteuthis Infernalis - A Treatise, with a Report by the Institut Scientifique de Recherche Paranaturaliste (Paperback):... Vampyroteuthis Infernalis - A Treatise, with a Report by the Institut Scientifique de Recherche Paranaturaliste (Paperback)
Vilem Flusser, Louis Bec; Translated by Valentine A Pakis
R550 Discovery Miles 5 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How far apart are humans from animals-even the "vampire squid from hell"? Playing the scientist/philosopher/provocateur, Vilem Flusser uses this question as a springboard to dive into a literal and a philosophical ocean. "The abyss that separates us" from the vampire squid (or vampire octopus, perhaps, since Vampyroteuthis infernalis inhabits its own phylogenetic order somewhere between the two) "is incomparably smaller than that which separates us from extraterrestrial life, as imagined in science fiction and sought by astrobiologists," Flusser notes at the outset of the expedition. Part scientific treatise, part spoof, part philosophical discourse, part fable, Vampyroteuthis Infernalis gives its author ample room to ruminate on human-and nonhuman-life. Considering the human condition along with the vampire squid/octopus condition seems appropriate because "we are both products of an absurd coincidence . . . we are poorly programmed beings full of defects," Flusser writes. Among other things, "we are both banished from much of life's domain: it into the abyss, we onto the surfaces of the continents. We have both lost our original home, the beach, and we both live in constrained conditions." Thinking afresh about the life of an "other"-as different from ourselves as the vampire squid/octopus-complicates the linkages between animality and embodiment. Odd, and strangely compelling, Vampyroteuthis Infernalis offers up a unique posthumanist philosophical understanding of phenomenology and opens the way for a non-philosophy of life.

Principles of Cartesian Philosophy - with Metaphysical Thoughts and Lodewijk Meyer's Inaugural Dissertation (Paperback,... Principles of Cartesian Philosophy - with Metaphysical Thoughts and Lodewijk Meyer's Inaugural Dissertation (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
Baruch Spinoza; Translated by Samuel Shirley; Introduction by Steven Barbone; Notes by Steven Barbone; Lee Rice
R480 R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Save R27 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With meticulous scholarship and an accurate, highly readable translation, this volume sheds light not only on Spinoza's debt to Descartes but also on the development of Spinoza's own thought. Appearing for the first time in English translation, Lodewijk Meyer's inaugural dissertation on matter (1683)--relevant for its comments on Descartes, Spinoza, and other thinkers of the time--is appended with notes and a short commentary. Cross-references to Descartes's Principles of Philosophy are provided in an index, and there is an extensive bibliography.

Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith (Paperback): John Jorgensen, Dan Lusthaus, John Makeham, Mark Strange Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith (Paperback)
John Jorgensen, Dan Lusthaus, John Makeham, Mark Strange
R1,128 Discovery Miles 11 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Dasheng qixin lun, or Treatise on Awakening Mahayana Faith has been one of the most important texts of East Asian Buddhism since it first appeared in sixth-century China. It outlines the initial steps a Mahayana Buddhist needs to take to reach enlightenment, beginning with the conviction that the Mahayana path is correct and worth pursuing. The Treatise addresses many of the doctrines central to various Buddhist teachings in China between the fifth and seventh centuries, attempting to reconcile seemingly contradictory ideas in Buddhist texts introduced from India. It provided a model for later schools to harmonize teachings and sustain the idea that, despite different approaches, there was only one doctrine, or Dharma. It profoundly shaped the doctrines and practices of the major schools of Chinese Buddhism: Chan, Tiantai, Huayan, and to a lesser extent Pure Land. It quickly became a shared resource for East Asian philosophers and students of Buddhist thought. Drawing on the historical and intellectual contexts of Treatise's composition and paying sustained attention to its interpretation in early commentaries, this new annotated translation of the classic, makes its ideas available to English readers like never before. The introduction orients readers to the main topics taken up in the Treatise and gives a comprehensive historical and intellectual grounding to the text. This volume marks a major advance in studies of the Treatise, bringing to light new interpretations and themes of the text.

Neglected Classics of Philosophy, Volume 2 (Paperback): Eric Schliesser Neglected Classics of Philosophy, Volume 2 (Paperback)
Eric Schliesser
R1,131 Discovery Miles 11 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The prominent contributors to this edited volume were asked to discuss neglected classic works in both Western and non-Western philosophy, and to make a case for their contemporary importance in an accessible and inviting way. The result - a successor to an earlier 2016 volume, also edited by Eric Schliesser - is an invitation to consider new ways of defining, and doing, philosophy. The works discussed here are written in a variety of literary styles, in different ages and intellectual cultures. Many contributors note the meta-philosophical features of the works, and how these can be salient today, and thus inspire reflection on the nature of philosophy and the varieties of roles it can play professionally and existentially. In particular, many of the chapters inspire reflection on the gendered, racial, and cultural patterns of exclusion in the development of the contemporary philosophical canon.

Integrating Philosophy in Yoga Teaching and Practice - A Practical Guide (Paperback): Wendy Teasdill Integrating Philosophy in Yoga Teaching and Practice - A Practical Guide (Paperback)
Wendy Teasdill
R775 Discovery Miles 7 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Providing simple explanations of the various philosophical strands underpinning yoga as well as guidance on how to integrate them into teaching, this practical work from Wendy Teasdill concerns itself with values that are often lost in modern-day practice. It looks at balance, moderation, introspection, self-development and liberation, integrating these into asana practices in a way that deepens the experience. Each chapter covers a particular aspect of yoga philosophy in the key texts, with links to asana, pranayama, moral codes, as well as some contemporary issues such as orthorexia, the question of cultural appropriation, the role of the guru, misuse of power and recognition of authenticity in an ever-evolving scene. By presenting practical skills rooted in yoga's long history, Integrating Philosophy in Yoga Teaching and Practice makes the transition from physical to metaphysical easy for both yoga teachers and students.

The Zen Buddhist Philosophy of D. T. Suzuki - Strengths, Foibles, Intrigues, and Precision (Paperback): Rossa O Muireartaigh The Zen Buddhist Philosophy of D. T. Suzuki - Strengths, Foibles, Intrigues, and Precision (Paperback)
Rossa O Muireartaigh
R555 Discovery Miles 5 550 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

D.T. Suzuki (1870-1966) reached global fame for his writings on Zen Buddhism. In this introduction to his theories of self, knowledge, and the world, Suzuki is presented as a Buddhist philosopher in his own right. Beginning with a biography of his life providing the historical context to his thought and discussing Suzuki's influences, chapters cover the Zen notion of the non-self and Suzuki's Zen view of consciousness, language, and religious truths. His ideas about philosophy and radical views on rationality and faith come to life in two new complete translations of The Place of Peace in our Heart (1894) and Religion and Science (1949), which helps us to understand why Suzuki's description of Zen attracted the attention of many leading intellectuals and helped it become a household name in the English-speaking world. Offering the first complete overview of Suzuki's approach, reputation, and legacy as a philosopher, this is for anyone interested in the philosophical relevance and development of Mahayana Buddhism today.

The Palgrave Handbook of Russian Thought (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021): Marina F Bykova, Michael N. Forster, Lina Steiner The Palgrave Handbook of Russian Thought (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Marina F Bykova, Michael N. Forster, Lina Steiner
R4,794 Discovery Miles 47 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume is a comprehensive Handbook of Russian thought that provides an in-depth survey of major figures, currents, and developments in Russian intellectual history, spanning the period from the late eighteenth century to the late twentieth century. Written by a group of distinguished scholars as well as some younger ones from Russia, Europe, the United States, and Canada, this Handbook reconstructs a vibrant picture of the intellectual and cultural life in Russia and the Soviet Union during the most buoyant period in the country's history. Contrary to the widespread view of Russian modernity as a product of intellectual borrowing and imitation, the essays collected in this volume reveal the creative spirit of Russian thought, which produced a range of original philosophical and social ideas, as well as great literature, art, and criticism. While rejecting reductive interpretations, the Handbook employs a unifying approach to its subject matter, presenting Russian thought in the context of the country's changing historical landscape. This Handbook will open up a new intellectual world to many readers and provide a secure base for its further exploration.

Taking Back Philosophy - A Multicultural Manifesto (Paperback): Bryan W. Van Norden Taking Back Philosophy - A Multicultural Manifesto (Paperback)
Bryan W. Van Norden; Foreword by Jay L. Garfield
R868 Discovery Miles 8 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Are American colleges and universities failing their students by refusing to teach the philosophical traditions of China, India, Africa, and other non-Western cultures? This biting and provocative critique of American higher education says yes. Even though we live in an increasingly multicultural world, most philosophy departments stubbornly insist that only Western philosophy is real philosophy and denigrate everything outside the European canon. In Taking Back Philosophy, Bryan W. Van Norden lambastes academic philosophy for its Eurocentrism, insularity, and complicity with nationalism and issues a ringing call to make our educational institutions live up to their cosmopolitan ideals. In a cheeky, agenda-setting, and controversial style, Van Norden, an expert in Chinese philosophy, proposes an inclusive, multicultural approach to philosophical inquiry. He showcases several accessible examples of how Western and Asian thinkers can be brought into productive dialogue, demonstrating that philosophy only becomes deeper as it becomes increasingly diverse and pluralistic. Taking Back Philosophy is at once a manifesto for multicultural education, an accessible introduction to Confucian and Buddhist philosophy, a critique of the ethnocentrism and anti-intellectualism characteristic of much contemporary American politics, a defense of the value of philosophy and a liberal arts education, and a call to return to the search for the good life that defined philosophy for Confucius, Socrates, and the Buddha. Building on a popular New York Times opinion piece that suggested any philosophy department that fails to teach non-Western philosophy should be renamed a "Department of European and American Philosophy," this book will challenge any student or scholar of philosophy to reconsider what constitutes the love of wisdom.

History of Chinese Philosophy in the Ming Dynasty (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021): Xue-zhi Zhang History of Chinese Philosophy in the Ming Dynasty (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Xue-zhi Zhang; Translated by Benjamin Michael Coles
R3,542 Discovery Miles 35 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book starts with the classification of the main views of different thinkers after the study of the original materials, which covers all the thinkers' thoughts and conceptions. A major objective of this book is to reveal the ideas of the philosophers. Key ideological opinions are stated with the former discussion of exact questions and further clarification of their philosophical meaning, which enables the readers to better understand the meaning and value of the philosophical thoughts. Since the logic and history are in accordance with each other, a frame of conception is formed then. Then, the author clearly explains the logical relationship in the frame mentioned before, as well as the formation of the key concepts and their relationship.

An Essay on African Philosophical Thought (Paperback, 2Rev ed): Kwame Gyekye An Essay on African Philosophical Thought (Paperback, 2Rev ed)
Kwame Gyekye
R881 Discovery Miles 8 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Defining the main principles of a distinct African philosophy, this work rejects the idea that an African philosophy consists simply of the work of Africans writing on philosophy. It argues that critical analyses of specific traditional African modes of thought are necessary to develop a distinctively African philosophy.

Responsible and Sustainable Business - The Taoism's Perspective (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Liangrong Zu Responsible and Sustainable Business - The Taoism's Perspective (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Liangrong Zu
R2,313 Discovery Miles 23 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book claims that CSR is the Tao of sustainable enterprise development. It examines the intersection of practical wisdom of Taoism, CSR and Sustainability, looking at the theoretical and historical implications associated with a Taoist approach to CSR, sustainability and responsible leadership. Implications for sustainable enterprise development will be presented. The book analyzes perspectives found in Taoist classical texts and within the larger Chinese cultural context in order to delineate key issues found in the classical texts. Through these analyses, the book assesses the applicability of modern-day Taoism thought and practice in China and the West with respect to the contemporary sustainability situation. The book also explores the values, ideas and practices Taoism offers to inspire a new generation of leaders, and particularly business leaders to manage companies in a more social and sustainable way.

Asian Religious Responses to Darwinism - Evolutionary Theories in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and East Asian Cultural Contexts... Asian Religious Responses to Darwinism - Evolutionary Theories in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and East Asian Cultural Contexts (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
C.Mackenzie Brown
R4,158 Discovery Miles 41 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume brings together diverse Asian religious perspectives to address critical issues in the encounter between tradition and modern western evolutionary thought. Such thought encompasses the biological theories of Charles Darwin, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Earnest Haeckel, Thomas Huxley, and later "neo-Darwinians," as well as the more sociological evolutionary theories of thinkers such as Herbert Spencer, Pyotr Kropotkin, and Henri Bergson. The essays in this volume cover responses from Hindu, Jain, Buddhist (Chinese, Japanese, and Indo-Tibetan), Confucian, Daoist, and Muslim traditions. These responses come from the decades immediately after publication of The Origin of Species up to the present, with attention being paid to earlier perspectives and teachings within a tradition that have affected responses to Darwinism and western evolutionary thought in general. The book focuses on three critical issues: the struggle for survival and the moral implications read into it; genetic variation and its seeming randomness as related to the problems of meaning and purpose; and the nature of humankind and human exceptionalism. Each essay deals with one or more of the three issues within the context of a specific tradition.

Africanity and Ubuntu as Decolonizing Discourse (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021): Otrude Nontobeko Moyo Africanity and Ubuntu as Decolonizing Discourse (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Otrude Nontobeko Moyo
R3,355 Discovery Miles 33 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores and discusses emerging perspectives of Ubuntu from the vantage point of "ordinary" people and connects it to human rights and decolonizing discourses. It engages a decolonizing perspective in writing about Ubuntu as an indigenous concept. The fore grounding argument is that one's positionality speaks to particular interests that may continue to sustain oppressions instead of confronting and dismantling them. Therefore, a decolonial approach to writing indigenous experiences begins with transparency about the researcher's own positionality. The emerging perspectives of this volume are contextual, highlighting the need for a critical reading for emerging, transformative and alternative visions in human relations and social structures.

Groundwork for a New Kind of African Metaphysics - The Idea of Predeterministic Historicity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Aribiah... Groundwork for a New Kind of African Metaphysics - The Idea of Predeterministic Historicity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Aribiah David Attoe
R1,741 Discovery Miles 17 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

It is not far-fetched to say that much of what is termed "African metaphysics" remains a traditional affair, without the sort of critical analysis that sheds away the burden of myths and ethnocentric rigidity. African ideas about the nature of being, God, causality, death, etc., have largely remained the same and unchallenged, mainly due to the hesitancy of some African scholars to question these suppositions or build beyond them. In this book, Aribiah David Attoe presents a unified African metaphysics that first interrogates important notions held by many traditional African thinkers, and then builds upon them to propose a largely materialistic account of African metaphysics. The book re-imagines and reconstructs the idea of God, being, causality and death in African metaphysics, tackling some of the problems associated with these concepts in African thought. It also opens up new vistas of thought, while engaging and encouraging African metaphysicians to explore a previously ignored perspective.

Avadhuta Gita - Song of the Liberated Soul - Dattatreya's Classic Vedanta Text (Paperback): Rory B MacKay Avadhuta Gita - Song of the Liberated Soul - Dattatreya's Classic Vedanta Text (Paperback)
Rory B MacKay
R216 Discovery Miles 2 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Theologico-Political Treatise (Hardcover): Baruch Spinoza Theologico-Political Treatise (Hardcover)
Baruch Spinoza; Edited by Martin D. Yaffe
R1,194 R1,078 Discovery Miles 10 780 Save R116 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A new and complete translation in English of this controversial and provocative modern text, with substantive notes -- educating readers to the sources and traditions of the words employed -- a glossary of terms, various indices, selected biography, and an interpretative essay.

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