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Understanding African Philosophy

A Cross-cultural Approach to Classical and Contemporary Issues

By Richard H. Bell

Published April 3rd 2002 by Routledge – 240 pages

Series: Philosophy and the Human Situation

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"…this philosophy has substance, is collegial, is modest and above all is wise…Splendid! A book to think with!" -- Malcolm Ruel, recently retired from Cambridge University

"Understanding African Philosophy is a fluid, scholarly work with postmodern appeal to young researchers in African philosophy." -- Muyiwa Falaiye and Oscar Odiboh

"For Bell, 'cross-cultural understanding' is itself an interdisciplinary project that draws on different disciplines in order to position the reader 'to see' and 'to understand' the other's world. Bell deserves credit for his appreciation of this requirement and for bringing it to our attention." -- Segun Gbadegesin, Howard University/ Signs

Author Bio

Richard H. Bell is Professor of Philosophy at the College of Wooster. He is the author of several books including Simone Weil: The Way of Justice as Compassion (1998), co-author of Seeds of the Spirit: Wisdom of the Twentieth Century (1995) and editor of Simone Weil's Philosophy of Culture (1993).

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