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This chapter introduces the content of the book Capitalism and Freedom in African Political Philosophy. It provides a general situation and status motivating the discourse on capitalism and freedom in the African context. The chapter introduces the idea of ‘African political philosophy’ focusing on its semantics and some brief reference to historical evolution. It indicates different themes that have been commonly discussed in this context such as nationalism, socialism, populism, Marxism, Pan-Africanism, democracy, and modern free-market philosophy. Then, it goes on to outline the division of chapters in the whole book.
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This is a Bible verse which is retrieved from, https://biblehub.com/galatians/5-13.htm.
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This may be viewed as a form of comparative philosophy.
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This reminds me of the idea that nature turns into chaos when there is lacking a human subject to impose order.
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Thomas Nelson and sons: London.
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Kayange, G.M. (2020). General Introduction. In: Capitalism and Freedom in African Political Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44360-3_1
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