{"product_id":"african-philosophy-for-the-twenty-first-century-acts-of-transition-paperback","title":"African Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century: Acts of Transition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Godefroy Bidima\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLaura Hengehold\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Africa, the twenty-first century began with new challenges surrounding and regarding philosophical\u003cbr\u003ediscourses. Questions of economic and political liberation, the displacement of populations and the process\u003cbr\u003eof urbanization present ongoing challenges, linked to problems such as endemic diseases and famine, the\u003cbr\u003erestructure of the traditional family, gender and the position of women, the transmission of culture from\u003cbr\u003epast to future generations. Changes in labor relations resulting from introduction of financial speculation, \u003cbr\u003ecutting edge technologies, and differential access to digital and older cultural forms have placed real\u003cbr\u003edemands on Africans and Africanists working in philosophy.\u003cbr\u003eThis volume explores the ways in which African philosophies express \"transitional acts,\" those acts by which\u003cbr\u003ethought interacts with history as it is being made and by which it assures its own renewal in proposing\u003cbr\u003eprovisional solutions to historical problems. A transitional act combines both the audacity of confrontation\u003cbr\u003eand the novelty of creation, prudence in the face of risks and anticipation in the face of the unexpected.\u003cbr\u003eInfluential and emerging thinkers from both sides of the Atlantic consider this dual activity in the realm of\u003cbr\u003ecriticism and imagination, public spaces in Africa, and the relationship between historical politics and\u003cbr\u003ehistorical poetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Godefroy Bidima is professor and Yvonne Arnoult Chair in French Studies at Tulane University.\u003cbr\u003eLaura Hengehold is professor of philosophy at Case Western Reserve University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42208768393296,"sku":"9781538154182","price":80.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/gX08BpvqEm9781538154182.webp?v=1775688805","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/african-philosophy-for-the-twenty-first-century-acts-of-transition-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}