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

Title An introduction to Africana philosophy / Lewis R. Gordon.

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

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 275 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Cambridge introductions to philosophy
Cambridge introductions to philosophy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-259) and index.
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.
Summary "In this book 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 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."--Jacket.
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Subject African American philosophy -- History.
African American philosophy.
History.
Philosophy, African -- History.
Philosophy, African.
Philosophy -- Caribbean Area -- History.
Philosophy.
Caribbean Area.
Islamic philosophy -- History.
Islamic philosophy.
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity -- Philosophy.
Islam.
Relations.
Christianity.
Philosophy, South American -- History.
Philosophy, South American.
Philosophy, African.
Ethnophilosophy.
Ethnophilosophy.
Black people -- Race identity -- Philosophy.
Black people -- Race identity.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Gordon, Lewis R. (Lewis Ricardo), 1962- Introduction to Africana philosophy. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 0521675464 (DLC) 2007053044 (OCoLC)166382294
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