Lewis R. Gordon (Philadelphia Temple University)

An Introduction to Africana Philosophy

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Produktbeschreibung

This undergraduate textbook offers the first comprehensive treatment of Africana philosophy. Covering Africa, Europe, North and South America, the Caribbean, it explores the challenges posed to our understanding of knowledge and freedom today, and the response to them which can be found within Africana philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9780521675468
• ISBN-10: 0521675464
• Artikelnr.: 23255381

Autorenporträt

Lewis R. Gordon is Professor of Philosophy and Africana Studies at the University of Connecticut, Visiting Professor at the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, Nelson Mandela Visiting Professor at Rhodes University, South Africa, European Union Visiting Chair in Philosophy at Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, France, and Writer-in-Residence at Birkbeck School of Law. His most recent book is What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction to His Life and Thought (2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Africana philosophy in context; Part I. Groundings: 1. Africana philosophy as a modern philosophy; 2. Classic eighteenth- and nineteenth-century foundations; Part II. From New World to New Worlds: 3. Three pillars of African-American philosophy; 4. Africana philosophical movements in the United States, Canada, and Britain; 5. Afro-Caribbean philosophy; 6. African philosophy; Conclusion.

Rezensionen

'Gordon's introduction to Africana philosophy is a broad interdisciplinary invitation to students and philosophers to engage in a critical reflection on the 'human condition' in Africa and the African diaspora. Students who have taken my class in African philosophy have greatly appreciated his lucid style as well as the historical and thematic analysis of the key concepts and influential scholars that have defined Africana philosophy and mapped out future orientations. it is indeed a historical introduction that works well in the classroom.' Elias Kifon Bongmba, Harry and Hazel Chavanne Chair in Christian Theology, Rice University and President, African Association for the Study of Religion