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In African countries there has been a surge of intellectual
interest in foregrounding ideas and thinkers of African origin-in
philosophy as in other disciplines-that have been unjustly ignored
or marginalized. African scholars have demonstrated that
precolonial African cultures generated ideas and arguments which
were at once truly philosophical and distinctively African, and
several contemporary African thinkers are now established figures
in the philosophical mainstream. Yet, despite the universality of
its themes, relevant contributions from African philosophy have
rarely permeated global philosophical debates. Critical
intellectual excavation has also tended to prioritize precolonial
thought, overlooking more recent sources of home-grown
philosophical thinking such as Africa's intellectually rich
liberation movements. This book demonstrates the potential for
constructive interchange between currents of thought from African
philosophy and other intellectual currents within philosophy.
Chapters authored by leading and emerging scholars: recover
philosophical thinkers and currents of ideas within Africa and
about Africa, bringing them into dialogue with contemporary
mainstream philosophy; foreground the relevance of African
theorizing to contemporary debates in epistemology, philosophy of
language, moral/political philosophy, philosophy of race,
environmental ethics and the metaphysics of disability; make new
interventions within on-going debates in African philosophy;
consider ways in which philosophy can become epistemically
inclusive, interrogating the contemporary call for 'decolonization'
of philosophy. Showing how foregrounding Africa-its ideas, thinkers
and problems-can help with the project of renewing and improving
the discipline of philosophy worldwide, this book will stimulate
and challenge everyone with an interest in philosophy, and is
essential reading for upper-level undergraduate students,
postgraduate students and scholars of African and Africana
philosophy.
In African countries there has been a surge of intellectual
interest in foregrounding ideas and thinkers of African origin-in
philosophy as in other disciplines-that have been unjustly ignored
or marginalized. African scholars have demonstrated that
precolonial African cultures generated ideas and arguments which
were at once truly philosophical and distinctively African, and
several contemporary African thinkers are now established figures
in the philosophical mainstream. Yet, despite the universality of
its themes, relevant contributions from African philosophy have
rarely permeated global philosophical debates. Critical
intellectual excavation has also tended to prioritize precolonial
thought, overlooking more recent sources of home-grown
philosophical thinking such as Africa's intellectually rich
liberation movements. This book demonstrates the potential for
constructive interchange between currents of thought from African
philosophy and other intellectual currents within philosophy.
Chapters authored by leading and emerging scholars: recover
philosophical thinkers and currents of ideas within Africa and
about Africa, bringing them into dialogue with contemporary
mainstream philosophy; foreground the relevance of African
theorizing to contemporary debates in epistemology, philosophy of
language, moral/political philosophy, philosophy of race,
environmental ethics and the metaphysics of disability; make new
interventions within on-going debates in African philosophy;
consider ways in which philosophy can become epistemically
inclusive, interrogating the contemporary call for 'decolonization'
of philosophy. Showing how foregrounding Africa-its ideas, thinkers
and problems-can help with the project of renewing and improving
the discipline of philosophy worldwide, this book will stimulate
and challenge everyone with an interest in philosophy, and is
essential reading for upper-level undergraduate students,
postgraduate students and scholars of African and Africana
philosophy.
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George Hull Bowers
Equality is a widely championed social ideal. But what is equality?
And what action is required if present-day societies are to root
out their inequalities? The Equal Society collects fourteen
philosophical essays, each with a fresh perspective on these
questions. The authors explore the demands of egalitarian justice,
addressing issues of distribution and rectification, but equally
investigating what it means for people to be equals as producers
and communicators of knowledge or as members of subcultures, and
considering what it would take for a society to achieve gender and
racial equality. The essays collected here address not just the
theory but also the practice of equality, arguing for concrete
changes in institutions such as higher education, the business
corporation and national constitutions, to bring about a more equal
society. The Equal Society offers original approaches to themes
prominent in current social and political philosophy, including
relational equality, epistemic injustice, the capabilities
approach, African ethics, gender equality and the philosophy of
race. It includes new work by respected social and political
philosophers such as Ann E. Cudd, Miranda Fricker, Charles W.
Mills, and Jonathan Wolff.
Recognizing philosophy's traditional influence on-and literature's
creative stimulus for-sociopolitical discourses, imaginations, and
structures, African Philosophical and Literary Possibilities:
Re-reading the Canon, edited by Aretha Phiri, probes the
cross-referential, interdisciplinary relationships between African
literature and African philosophy. The contributors write within
the broader context of renewed interest in and concerns around
epistemological decolonization and to advance African scholarly
transformation . This volume argues that, in their convergent
ideological and imaginative attempts to articulate an African
conditionality, African philosophy and literature share overlapping
concerns and aspirations. In this way, this book engages and
examines the intersectional canons of these disciplines in order to
determine their intra-continental epistemological transformative
possibilities within broader, global societal explorations of the
current moment of decolonization. Where much of the scholarship on
African philosophy has focused on addressing issues associated with
the postcolonial task of African self-assertion in the face of or
against Euro-modernist hegemony, this innovative book project
shifts the focus and broadens the scope away from merely
discoursing with the global North by mapping out how philosophy and
literature can be viewed as mutually enriching disciplines within
and for Africa.
Recognizing philosophy's traditional influence on-and literature's
creative stimulus for-sociopolitical discourses, imaginations, and
structures, African Philosophical and Literary Possibilities:
Re-reading the Canon, edited by Aretha Phiri, probes the
cross-referential, interdisciplinary relationships between African
literature and African philosophy. The contributors write within
the broader context of renewed interest in and concerns around
epistemological decolonization and to advance African scholarly
transformation . This volume argues that, in their convergent
ideological and imaginative attempts to articulate an African
conditionality, African philosophy and literature share overlapping
concerns and aspirations. In this way, this book engages and
examines the intersectional canons of these disciplines in order to
determine their intra-continental epistemological transformative
possibilities within broader, global societal explorations of the
current moment of decolonization. Where much of the scholarship on
African philosophy has focused on addressing issues associated with
the postcolonial task of African self-assertion in the face of or
against Euro-modernist hegemony, this innovative book project
shifts the focus and broadens the scope away from merely
discoursing with the global North by mapping out how philosophy and
literature can be viewed as mutually enriching disciplines within
and for Africa.
Equality is a widely championed social ideal. But what is equality?
And what action is required if present-day societies are to root
out their inequalities? The Equal Society collects fourteen
philosophical essays, each with a fresh perspective on these
questions. The authors explore the demands of egalitarian justice,
addressing issues of distribution and rectification, but equally
investigating what it means for people to be equals as producers
and communicators of knowledge or as members of subcultures, and
considering what it would take for a society to achieve gender and
racial equality. The essays collected here address not just the
theory but also the practice of equality, arguing for concrete
changes in institutions such as higher education, the business
corporation and national constitutions, to bring about a more equal
society. The Equal Society offers original approaches to themes
prominent in current social and political philosophy, including
relational equality, epistemic injustice, the capabilities
approach, African ethics, gender equality and the philosophy of
race. It includes new work by respected social and political
philosophers.
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