The Nso' Concept of Time: An African Cosmological Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781433198007 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Edward Shizha; Remi Prospero Fonka

Opis

The book is an important new contribution to African philosophy, cultural anthropology, African traditional religion, cosmology and African metaphysics. It will appeal to scholars and students in a wide range of related disciplines.

Recenzje

"This book is most certainly a first in the study of the Nso concept of time. Remi Prospero Fonka has excavated, carefully analyzed, and presented in readable form, a complex metaphysics of time within the Nso worldview. Students and researchers in African cultural studies, philosophy, anthropology, and sociology will find this book a useful resource. Those interested in comparative philosophy will also find in this book a cross-cultural phenomenological confrontation with Western cosmo-metaphysical models."-Nelson Shang, Lecturer of Philosophy, The University of Bamenda and The Catholic University of Cameroon, Bamenda

Spis treści

Preface - Acknowledgements - General Introduction - UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF TIME IN THE NSO' WORLD VIEW - TIME RECKONING IN NSO' AND TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS IMPLICATIONS - RELEVANCE OF THE NSO' CONCEPT OF TIME AND COSMOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS - General Conclusion - Bibliography - Index of Lamnso Words and Phrases.

O autorze

Remi Prospero Fonka has a PhD in philosophy from the Pontifical University of Saint Anthony, Rome. He currently lectures at the Catholic University of Cameroon [CATUC] Bamenda, and part time in St. John Paul II Major Seminary in Bachountai, Mamfe.