Endangered African Knowledges and the Challenge of Modernity

ISBN-13: 9781032705682 / Twarda / 2024 / 224 str.

Donald Mark C Ude

Opis

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

Recenzje

“The book insightfully succeeds in pointing out that solidarity in Igbo society, and in Africa more widely, is a mode of perceiving the world, a ‘social imaginary’. As such, it may provide, so the argument goes, the much-sought-after epistemic resources to counteract and redress the disruptive effects of Africa’s modernization.”

Toon Braeckman, Professor of Philosophy (emeritus), KU Leuven, Belgium

 

“This book adeptly articulates a response to the challenge of modernity, drawing on Igbo (African) epistemic resources. The author demonstrates an exceptional grasp of global politics of knowledge. Scholars working on African philosophy, African studies, postcolonial/decolonial studies, and related fields will find it greatly useful.”

Edwin Etieyibo, Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

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 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 about a dozen reputable journals. He maintains an active research interest in African Philosophy, 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.