Foundations of Just Cross-Cultural Dialogue in Kant and African Political Thought

• Main Author: Bird, Gemma K. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: International Political Theory,
• Subjects: Political theory.; Africa-Politics and government.; Comparative politics.; Cultural policy.; Political Theory.; African Politics.; Comparative Politics.; Cultural Policy and Politics.

This book addresses the potential existence of shared foundational principles in the work of Immanuel Kant and a range of African political thought, as well as their suitability in facilitating just and fair cross-cultural dialogue. The book first establishes an analytical framework grounded in a Ka...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Kantian Framework
• 3. Understanding the debate between universalism and relativism
• 4. The Négritude Movement
• 5. African Socialism
• 6. Postcolonial Philosophers
• 7. Conclusions.