Interpretation for Liberation - African Philosophical Hermeneutics
Ernst Wolff
An introduction to hermeneutics as a philosophical method, read through the major African thinkers who use it. Wolff shows how interpretation becomes a tool for cultural and political liberation after colonialism.
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