Interpretation for Liberation
Introductory and critical overview of African philosophical hermeneutics African philosophical hermeneutics has emerged in response to the predicaments of post-colonial African societies. Its central premise is that practical responses have a lot to gain from interpreting people’s experience of mean...
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| description | Introductory and critical overview of African philosophical hermeneutics African philosophical hermeneutics has emerged in response to the predicaments of post-colonial African societies. Its central premise is that practical responses have a lot to gain from interpreting people’s experience of meaning and the disruption of it. But where does understanding originate from? And what are the possibilities and limitations of interpretation as support for practice? Suspended in the tension between Africa’s traumatic past and people’s continuing quest for autonomy, African hermeneutics draws on old traditions, adopted ideas and creative reflection. This results in intense intellectual engagement with history and conflict, translation and human nature, epistemic domination and liberation. This book explores the role of hermeneutics in African philosophy. By examining its leading thinkers, it offers stimulating perspectives for any reader grappling with interpretation, critique, pluralism, decolonization and politics – in Africa and elsewhere. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1671392025-10-16T12:41:02Z Interpretation for Liberation Wolff, Ernst hermeneutics practice liberation critique interpretation understanding tradition translation culture plurality thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFA Philosophy of language thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHP African philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Introductory and critical overview of African philosophical hermeneutics African philosophical hermeneutics has emerged in response to the predicaments of post-colonial African societies. Its central premise is that practical responses have a lot to gain from interpreting people’s experience of meaning and the disruption of it. But where does understanding originate from? And what are the possibilities and limitations of interpretation as support for practice? Suspended in the tension between Africa’s traumatic past and people’s continuing quest for autonomy, African hermeneutics draws on old traditions, adopted ideas and creative reflection. This results in intense intellectual engagement with history and conflict, translation and human nature, epistemic domination and liberation. This book explores the role of hermeneutics in African philosophy. By examining its leading thinkers, it offers stimulating perspectives for any reader grappling with interpretation, critique, pluralism, decolonization and politics – in Africa and elsewhere. 2025-10-16T12:41:00Z 2025-10-16T12:41:00Z 2025-10-07T06:45:56Z 2025 book ONIX_20251007T084156_9789461666857_4 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/106302 9789461666857 9789461666840 9789462702554 9789462702974 9789462704831 https://admin.directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/167139 eng open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/106302/1/9789461666857.pdf 10.11116/9789461666857 10.11116/9789461666857 9789461666857 9789461666840 9789462702554 9789462702974 9789462704831 280 Leuven open access |
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