TY - BOOK AU - Elliott Wreh-Wilson PY - 2012 CY - New York, United States of America PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 9781453905937 TI - Beginning African Philosophy T2 - The Case for African Philosophy- Past to Present DO - 10.3726/978-1-4539-0593-7 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1051142 N2 - Beginning African Philosophy explores the nature and central features of African philosophy from the perspective of African philosophers, analyzing and assessing the importance of African philosophy, its subject matter, its major themes and concerns, and how those themes and concerns compare to those of Western philosophy. Beginning African Philosophy surveys the best-known responses to the questions: What is African philosophy? What are its central themes and concerns? What does it have in common with Western philosophy? This book is ideal for philosophy students and those who care about the social, moral, religious, and philosophical implications of African wisdom traditions, particularly those of the sub-Saharan region. KW - African Philosophy, African Folk Cosmology, African Wisdom, African Moral Ideas, African Religious Ideas. LA - English ER -