Title An introduction to Africana philosophy / Lewis R. Gordon

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 275 pages) Series Cambridge introductions to philosophy Cambridge introductions to philosophy. Contents Introduction: Africana philosophy in context -- Africana philosophy as a modern philosophy -- Classic eighteenth- and nineteenth-century foundations -- Three pillars of African-American philosophy -- Africana philosophical movements in the United States and Britain -- Afro-Caribbean philosophy -- African philosophy -- Conclusion Summary "In this book Lewis R. Gordon offers the first comprehensive treatment of Africana philosophy, beginning with the emergence of an Africana (i.e., African diasporic) consciousness in the Afro-Arabic world of the Middle Ages. He argues that much of modern thought emerged out of early conflicts between Islam and Christianity that culminated in the expulsion of the Moors from the Iberian Peninsula, and from the subsequent expansion of racism, enslavement, and colonialism which in their turn stimulated reflections on reason, liberation, and the meaning of being human. His book takes the reader on a journey from Africa through Europe, North and South America, the Caribbean, and back to Africa, as he explores the challenges posed to our understanding of knowledge and freedom today, and the response to them which can be found within Africana philosophy."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-259) and index Notes English Print version record Subject African American philosophy -- History Philosophy, African -- History Philosophy -- Caribbean Area -- History Islamic philosophy -- History Islam -- Relations -- Christianity -- Philosophy Philosophy, South American -- History Philosophy, African. Ethnophilosophy. Black people -- Race identity -- Philosophy PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern. African American philosophy Christianity Ethnophilosophy Islam Islamic philosophy Philosophy Philosophy, African Philosophy, South American Schwarze Philosophie Minderheit Afrikaanse filosofie. Caribbean Area Amerika Subsaharisches Afrika Arabische Staaten Schwärze Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781282390294 9780511402524 051140252X 9780511404191 0511404190 0511399855 9780511399855 9780511649905 0511649908 9780511800726 051180072X 1282390295 1107177421 9781107177420 0511568797 9780511568794 0511398662 9780511398667

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