Renaissance as a Cultural Phenomenon: Historical and Philosophical Analysis

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10.2991/iccese-19.2019.151How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Renaissance; African philosophy; orientalism; colonialism; Pan-Africanism; renaissance of Islam; afro-pessimism; renaissance paradox

Abstract

In this article, the phenomenon of the Renaissance is considered as a complex social phenomenon of West European and African cultures. The existence of a deterministic connection between the culture of societies and the substantive elements of the Renaissance culture is revealed. In the process of studying the phenomenon of the Renaissance, A. Losev's approaches were applied to the consideration of the principles of aesthetic theory. The author examines the Renaissance phenomenon in the context of the development of the culture of the European Renaissance, as well as the Renaissance associated with the development of the culture of Islam. The paper presents such a modern socio-cultural and philosophical reality as the African Renaissance, which is closely related to the philosophy of the African continent. The author highlights the essential features of the culture relating to the African Renaissance, shows the features of the philosophical thought of this period. Particular attention is paid to significant philosophical ideas contained in oral African traditions. The analysis of the culture and philosophy of the African Renaissance reveals significant differences in the thinking of the peoples of Africa from the most significant within the Western philosophical tradition.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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