An introduction to Africana philosophy.9780521675468 An introduction to Africana Af·ri·ca·na n. (used with a pl. verb) Materials, such as books, documents, or art objects, relating to the history or culture of African peoples. philosophy. Gordon Gordon, river in W Tasmania, Australia, 125 mi (200 km) long. Flowing from mountains to the W coast, its main tributaries are the Franklin and Denison from the N, and Serpentine and Olga to the S. , Lewis R. Cambridge Cambridge, city, Canada Cambridge (kām`brĭj), city (1991 pop. 92,772), S Ont., Canada, on the Grand River, NW of Hamilton. It was formed in 1973 with the amalgamation of Galt, Hespeler, and Preston, all founded in the early 19th cent. U. Pr. 2008 275 pages $29.99 Paperback B5305 Gordon (philosophy, religion, and Judaic studies; Temple U., Philadelphia) sets out the fundamentals of the field, which emerged as a distinct academic discipline out of the philosophical debates of the 1970s and 1980s, and has experienced growth among professional philosophers over the past two decades. His topics include classic foundations of the 18th and 19th centuries, Anna Julila Cooper and the problem of value, Cedric Robinson's anthropology anthropology, classification and analysis of humans and their society, descriptively, culturally, historically, and physically. Its unique contribution to studying the bonds of human social relations has been the distinctive concept of culture. of Marxism, and African critiques of invention. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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