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  • Human Dignity in an African Context

    Edited by Motsamai Molefe, Christopher Allsobrook ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book is a contribution to African philosophy, by philosophers focusing specifically on the concept of human dignity in ethical theory. The concept of ‘human dignity’ denotes the intrinsic and superlative worth associated with human beings in virtue of which we owe them utmost moral regard. Although dignity is a foundational concept for African philosophy, there remains scant literature in ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Decolonisation

    Revolution and Evolution

    by David Boucher, Ayesha Omar, Christopher Allsobrook, Camilla Boisen, Ndumiso Dladla, Sule Emmanuel Egya, Michael Elliott, Steven Friedman, Amber Murrey0, Paul Patton1, Chris Saunders2, Ian S Spears3 ...
    Offers a comparative analysis of the processes and aftermath of decolonisation from philosophical, historical, literary and legal perspectives. ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Towards an African Political Philosophy of Needs

    Edited by Motsamai Molefe, Christopher Allsobrook ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book focuses on the domains of moral philosophy, political philosophy, and political theory within African philosophy. At the heart of the volume is a call to imagine African political philosophy as embodying a needs-based political vision. While discourses in African political philosophy have fixated on the normative framework of human rights law to articulate demands for social and global ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • African Philosophy

    Emancipation and Practice

    by Pascah Mungwini ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Introductions to World Philosophies
    Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2023Caught between the history of exclusion and the reality of the world philosophies approach, this is an introduction to African philosophy unlike any other.With distinctive insight Pascah Mungwini brings together African philosophy and the emancipative mission, introducing African thought as a practice defined by its own history and priority questions while ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice

    by Jack Donnelly ...
    In the third edition of his classic work, revised extensively and updated to include recent developments on the international scene, Jack Donnelly explains and defends a richly interdisciplinary account of human rights as universal rights. He shows that any conception of human rights—and the idea of human rights itself—is historically specific and contingent.Since publication of the first edition ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Freedom Paradox

    Towards a post-secular ethics

    by Clive Hamilton ...
    Why is it so many of us lack contentment, despite all the wealth and freedoms we enjoy?The past two centuries delivered individual and political freedoms that promised unprecedented opportunities for personal fulfilment. Yet citizens of affluent countries are encouraged to pursue lives of consumerism, endless choice and the pleasures of the body.Clive Hamilton argues that the paradox of modern ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Against Decolonisation

    Taking African Agency Seriously

    by Olúfemi Táíwò ...
    Decolonisation has lost its way. Originally a struggle to escape the West's direct political and economic control, it has become a catch-all idea, often for performing "morality" or "authenticity;" it suffocates African thought and denies African agency. Olúfemi Táíwò fiercely rejects the indiscriminate application of 'decolonisation' to everything from literature, language and philosophy to ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

  • The End Of Capitalism (As We Knew It)

    A Feminist Critique of Political Economy

    by J.K. Gibson-Graham ...
    In the mid-1990s, at the height of academic discussion about the inevitability of capitalist globalization, J. K. Gibson-Graham presented a groundbreaking and controversial argument for envisioning alternative economies. This new edition includes an introduction in which the authors address critical responses to The End of Capitalism and outline the economic research and activism they have been ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • In Praise of Reason

    Why Rationality Matters for Democracy

    by Michael P. Lynch ...
    A spirited defense of the relevance of reason for an era of popular skepticism over such matters as climate change, vaccines, and evolution.Why does reason matter, if (as many people seem to think) in the end everything comes down to blind faith or gut instinct? Why not just go with what you believe even if it contradicts the evidence? Why bother with rational explanation when name-calling, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Canada in Decay

    Mass Immigration, Diversity, and the Ethnocide of Euro-Canadians

    by Ricardo Duchesne ...
    Canada In Decay is the first scholarly book questioning the undemocratic policy of mass immigration and racial diversification in Canada. The entire Canadian political establishment, the mainstream media and the academics, are all in harmonious unison with the banks and corporations, in promoting two myths to justify mass immigration.The first myth this book demolishes is the claim that ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • An Introduction to African Philosophy

    by Sam O. Imbo ...
    Organized topically rather than historically, this book provides an excellent introduction to the subject of African Philosophy. Samuel Oluoch Imbo synthesizes the ideas of key African philosophers into an accessible narrative. The author focuses on five central questions: What are the definitions of African philosophy? Is ethno-philosophy really philosophy? What are the dangers of an African ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • African Philosophy and Global Justice

    Critical Essays

    Edited by Uchenna Okeja ...
    In contemporary political philosophy, the subject of global justice has received sustained interest. This is unsurprising, given the nexus between inequality and many of the pressing global problems today, such as immigration, global public health, poverty and violence. Theorists of global justice ask why inequality is morally wrong, what we owe to the global poor, what the implications of global ... Read more

    $59.99 USD