1 option
Endangered African Knowledges and the Challenge of Modernity : An Igbo Response / Donald Mark C. Ude.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ude, Donald Mark C., author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in African philosophy.
- Routledge Studies in African Philosophy Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Igbo (African people) Social life and customs.
- Philosophy, Igbo.
- Africa--Civilization--Western influences.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Routledge 2024
- Abingdon, England : Routledge, [2024]
- Summary:
- This book presents an innovative African philosophical response to coloniality and the attendant epistemicide of Africa's knowledge systems, drawing on Igbo thinking.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 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
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ude, Donald Mark C. Endangered African Knowledges and the Challenge of Modernity
- ISBN:
- 9781032705712
- 103270571X
- 9781040011393
- 104001139X
- 9781040011409
- 1040011403
- OCLC:
- 1417600585
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.