An introduction to Africana philosophy

Select an Action

Title:

An introduction to Africana philosophy

Author:

Gordon, Lewis R. (Lewis Ricardo), 1962-

ISBN:

9780521858854

9780521675468

Personal Author:

Gordon, Lewis R. (Lewis Ricardo), 1962-

Publication Information:

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

Physical Description:

xii, 275 p. ; 26 cm.

Series:

Cambridge introductions to philosophy

Series Title:

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.

Subject Term:

Philosophy, African.

Copies:

Available:*

Library	Material Type	Item Barcode	Shelf Number	Copy	Status
Searching... IIEMSA	General Books	33168023661412	190.08996 G663.I 2008	1	Searching... Unknown
Searching... IIEMSA	General Books	33168023694025	190.08996 G663.I 2008	2	Searching... Unknown

Bound With These Titles

On Order

Summary

In this undergraduate textbook 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 student 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.