Postethnophilosophy /

This book makes a bold announcement for the beginning of a postethnophilosophical phase in modern African thought. It re-considers the question: "What is African philosophy," and introduces a strategy for setting a broad and productive agenda for contemporary African philosophical thought.

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Main Author: Osha, Sanya.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2011.

Series: Value Inquiry Book Series 227.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

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Call Number: B5305 .O84 2011eb

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • DISCOURSES OF DECOLONIZATION
  • THE LURE OF ETHNOPHILOSOPHY
  • AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF COLONIALISM AND CONTEMPORARY GLOBALIZATION
  • THE FRONTIER OF INTERCULTURALITY
  • AN ETHIC OF CULTURE AND MEMORY
  • AGENCY AND A DETERRITORIALIZED LITERATURE
  • FIGURES OF THE AFRICAN FEMALE
  • THE POETICS OF CORRUPTION IN A GLOBAL AGE
  • A POSTCOLONIAL TEXT AND THE AGENCY OF THEORY
  • THE (RE)COLONIZATION OF GLOBALITY
  • RACE AND A POSTMODERN WORLD
  • SARAH BAARTMAN, SEXUALITY, AND THE THEATER OF RACE
  • CONCLUSION
  • WORKS CITED
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  • SUBJECT INDEX
  • INDEX OF NAMES
  • VIBS.