Existence and Heritage: Hermeneutic Explorations in African and Continental Philosophy

by Tsenay Serequeberhan

In Existence and Heritage, Tsenay Serequeberhan examines what the European philosophical tradition has to offer when encountered from the outsider perspective of postcolonial African thought. He reads Kant in the context of contemporary international relations, finds in Gadamer's work a way of conceiving relations among differing traditions, and explores Heidegger's analysis of existence as it converges with Marx's critique of alienation. In...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438457898
• ISBN13: 9781438457895
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"