UID:
almahu_9949747538002882
Format:
1 online resource (vii, 217 pages).
ISBN:
9781032658759
,
1032658754
,
9781040001950
,
1040001955
,
9781040001929
,
1040001920
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in African philosophy
Content:
"This book sets up a rich intercultural dialogue between the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and Michel Foucault, and that of key African thinkers such as Kwame Anthony Appiah, Achille Mbembe, Kwasi Wiredu, Kwame Gyekye, Tsenay Serequeberhahn, and Henry Odera Oruka. The book challenges western-centric visions of an African future by demonstrating the richness of thought that can be found in African and Afrodiasporic philosophy. The book first shows how thinkers such as Serequeberhan have criticised the inconsistencies in Kant's work, whereas others such as Wiredu, Gyekye, Appiah and Mbembe also referred to his work positively and used it to develop progressive political concepts such as the metanational state; partial cosmopolitanism and Afropolitanism. The book goes on to consider how Mbembe and Mudimbe have responded to Foucault's ideas in deciphering the various Western, African and Afrodiasporic discourses of knowledge on Africa. The book concludes by considering various theories of intercultural exchange, from Gyekye's cultural borrowing, to Appiah's conversation across boundaries, Wiredu's cross cultural dialogue, Mbembe's thinking outside the frame, Serequeberhan's dialogue at a distance, and Oruka's call for global re-distribution and a new ecophilosophical attitude to safeguard human existence on the planet. This book invites us all to engage in intercultural dialogue and mutual respect for different cultural creations. It will be an important read for researchers in Philosophy wherever they are in the world"--
Note:
Rethinking Kant. Contemporary African philosophy and Kant -- Kant's epistemic, ethical and political universalism -- Cosmopolitanism in the philosophy of Appiah and Mbembe : a critical dialogue with Kant -- Critical dialogue with Kant's epistemological and ethical universalism in Wiredu's and Gyekye's work -- Rereading Kant. Philosophy as critique in the philosophical concepts of Serequeberhan and Odera Oruka -- Foucault, Kant and contemporary African philosophy -- Critique, parrhesia and philosophy in Foucault's work -- Language in Kant and Foucault's work. The language of Kant and Foucault -- History, power and art in Foucault's philosophy -- Foucault and contemporary African philosophy.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Rainsborough, Marita. Intercultural thinking in African philosophy New York : Routledge, 2024 ISBN 9781032658735
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781032658759
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781032658759
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