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Philosophy and Genre: Creating a Textual Basis for African Philosophy

Project description

African philosophy through texts

Based on the elaboration of different genre of texts, the EU-funded PhiGe project proposes a new approach for African philosophy. The basic idea is to study African philosophy through African sources and not as a discipline that is included in a framework of colonial or neo-colonial studies. The project will take into consideration a wide range of texts according to their genre: oral and written, fictional and non-fictional, public and private. The main aim of the project is to understand the philosophical meaning of the texts under examination. The project will apply a comparative study of texts in eight African and European languages.

Host institution

UNIVERSITAT BAYREUTH
Net EU contribution
€ 1 715 318,25
Address
Universitatsstrasse 30
95447 Bayreuth
Germany

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Region
Bayern Oberfranken Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00

Beneficiaries (3)

UNIVERSITAT BAYREUTH
Germany
Net EU contribution
€ 1 715 318,25
Address
Universitatsstrasse 30
95447 Bayreuth

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Region
Bayern Oberfranken Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
United Kingdom
Net EU contribution
€ 282 443,75
Address
Kirby Corner Road - University House
CV4 8UW Coventry

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Region
West Midlands (England) West Midlands Coventry
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES ROYAL CHARTER

Participation ended

United Kingdom
Net EU contribution
€ 0,00
Address
Thornhaugh Street Russel Square
WC1H OXG London
Region
London Inner London — West Camden and City of London
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00