Our Heritage: The Past in the Present of African-American and African Existence

by Tsenay Serequeberhan

In this compelling and engaging work, Tsenay Serequeberhan discusses recent attempts to define African philosophy and the practice of hermeneutics for articulating a philosophy that is distinctively African. Pressing into service insights derived from Marx, Nietzsche, Levinas, Fanon, and others, Serequeberhan analyzes the question of how we relate to our past (i.e., our heritage) and the open possibilities of our future. He carefully examines the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847689212
• ISBN13: 9780847689217
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 9.0"