History of Indian and Africana Philosophy
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Peter Adamson teams up with Jonardon Ganeri and Chike Jeffers to represent the philosophical traditions of India, Africa and the African diaspora.
History of Indian and Africana Philosophy
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Early Chinese philosophers were deeply aware of a world that is constantly changing: we look at how Confucians, Legalists, and Daoists responded to this challenge ..read more
History of Indian and Africana Philosophy
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Introducing Chinese philosophy through the concept of "dao," a fundamental word in classical Chinese philosophy, with a range of meanings across its different traditions ..read more
History of Indian and Africana Philosophy
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How Africana philosophy looked to a young Chike Jeffers, coming into the field in the early 21st century ..read more
History of Indian and Africana Philosophy
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The key events and figures in philosophy as an academic discipline, in both Africa and the diaspora ..read more
History of Indian and Africana Philosophy
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Cornel West joins us to look back on the development of his thought and the many authors who have inspired him ..read more
History of Indian and Africana Philosophy
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An introduction to Cornel West, focusing on his early essay “Philosophy and the Afro-American Experience ..read more
History of Indian and Africana Philosophy
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A movement of legal scholars diagnoses the limitations of merely “formal” measures against discrimination, a point they connect to issues like affirmative action, democratic process, and intersectionality ..read more
History of Indian and Africana Philosophy
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What inspired Asante's controversial philosophy of Afrocentricity, and its relationship to religion, nationalism, and feminism ..read more
History of Indian and Africana Philosophy
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How writers like George G.M. James, John Henrik Clarke, Cheikh Anta Diop, Yosef ben-Jochannan, and Chancellor Williams prepared the way for the Afrocentricity of Molefi Asante and captured the imaginations of hip hop artists and intellectuals like Ta-Nehisi Coates ..read more
History of Indian and Africana Philosophy
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Sylvia Wynter offers a bold and provocative assessment of the role of the humanities in understanding humankind ..read more