The Constitution of Muntu. An Inquiry into the Eastern Bantu's Metaphysics of Person

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  • Nombre de pages336
  • ISBN3-261-04103-X
  • EAN9783261041036
  • Date de parution01/12/1990
  • CollectionEuropäische Hochschulschriften
  • ÉditeurLang & Cie (Herbert)

Résumé

"The Constitution of Muntu" is an effort to outline the Bantu conception of person. The inquiry is undertaken in view of two perspectives : a formative dimension, which envisages the person as a perfectible reality bound by certain determinisms ; and a formal dimension, which envisages him as a definable reality. The two are complementary. In going about this task, a great importance has been alloted to the "sources" or causes of muntu as a person.
The ultimate goal of the inquiry is to lay down a viable foundation to African philosophy and theology by understanding the subject engaged in those disciplines - man the knower.
"The Constitution of Muntu" is an effort to outline the Bantu conception of person. The inquiry is undertaken in view of two perspectives : a formative dimension, which envisages the person as a perfectible reality bound by certain determinisms ; and a formal dimension, which envisages him as a definable reality. The two are complementary. In going about this task, a great importance has been alloted to the "sources" or causes of muntu as a person.
The ultimate goal of the inquiry is to lay down a viable foundation to African philosophy and theology by understanding the subject engaged in those disciplines - man the knower.