Donald Mark C. Ude

Endangered African Knowledges and the Challenge of Modernity (eBook, ePUB)

An Igbo Response

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents an innovative African philosophical response to coloniality and the attendant epistemicide of Africa's knowledge systems, drawing on Igbo thinking.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040011409
• Artikelnr.: 69854820

Autorenporträt

Donald Mark C. Ude studied in Nigeria, Kenya, Canada, and Belgium. He has a PhD in Philosophy from KU Leuven (2021), where he currently researches and teaches. He is a recipient of a number of coveted research fellowship awards, notably FWO (Belgium) and Humboldt (Germany). His articles have featured in Theory, Culture & Society, Philosophy Today, South African Journal of Philosophy, and several important journals. He maintains an active research interest in African philosophy, African studies, postcolonial/decolonial studies, critical theory, social/political philosophy, modernity, and post-secularism. At freer moments, he writes on topical socio-political issues in Nigerian newspapers.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: What Is at Stake 1. Africa and the Challenge of Modernity 2. Understanding Modernity
Its Systems
and Imaginaries: Habermas
Taylor
and Wallerstein 3. The Epistemic Ramifications of Modernity: Coloniality
Decoloniality
and Subaltern Epistemologies 4. The Idea of Interconnectedness in Igbo Thought: Society
Politics
Religion
and Morality 5. Solidarity and the Challenge of Modernity. Conclusion: Birthing "Other Modernities" From Endangered Knowledges.