Consolationism and Comparative African Philosophy : Beyond Universalism and Particularism (Hardcover)

Foreword by Bryan W. Van Norden Preface Acknowledgement Part 1: The Universalism-Particularism Conundrum Revisited Chapter 1: Ethnophilosophy in the African Philosophical Canon Chapter 2: The Perennial Challenge: Transcending the Universalism-Particularism Divide Chapter 3: Transcending the Universalism-Particularism Divide: The Challenge of Consolationism Part 2: Consolation Philosophy Chapter 4: The Consolationist System Chapter 5: On God and Nature Chapter 6: Homo Melancholicus Part 3: Cross-Cultural and Comparative Philosophy Chapter 7: Cross-cultural and Comparative Philosophy as Moral Conversation Chapter 8: Consolation Philosophy’s Challenge to German Philosophy and Western Existentialist Thought Chapter 9: The Intellectual Love of God in a Comparative Context Index