African Philosophy and Enactivist Cognition : The Space of Thought Paperback / softback
by Bruce B. (University of Central Florida, USA) Janz
Part of the Bloomsbury Studies in World Philosophies series
Paperback / softback
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Using classic texts in African philosophy, Bruce B.
Janz applies the strand of cognitive science known as enactivism to realise new connections and intersections between both fields.
The idea that cognition is embodied and embedded in a social world neatly maps onto specifically African epistemologies to outline a new direction of study on what philosophy is.
By working through a rich range of texts and thinkers, Janz provides a fruitful new interpretation of African philosophy and provides close readings of seminal and sidelined thinkers to provide an invaluable resource for students and scholars.
Janz’s study takes in the creative humanism of Sylvia Wynter, Placide Tempels’s Bantu Philosophy, Mbiti’s theory of time, Oruka’s last work on sage philosophy, Mogobe Ramose’s own version of Ubuntu, Sophie Oluwole’s active literature of philosophy, Achille Mbembe’s excoriating attack on the effects of colonialism on life in Africa, and Suzanne Césaire writings on négritude. This book reorients African philosophy towards an active and creative future informed by enactivist thinking.
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Pre-OrderFree UK DeliveryThis title is available for pre-order
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:30/05/2024
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- ISBN:9781350292222
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Pre-OrderFree UK DeliveryThis title is available for pre-order
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:30/05/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781350292222