Endangered African knowledges and the challenge of modernity : an Igbo response /
"This book presents an innovative African philosophical response to coloniality and the attendant epistemicide of Africa's knowledge systems, drawing on Igbo thinking. The book argues that theorizing modernity requires a critical conversation between African and Western scholarship, in ord...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2024.
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| Series: | Routledge studies in African philosophy
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This book presents an innovative African philosophical response to coloniality and the attendant epistemicide of Africa's knowledge systems, drawing on Igbo thinking. The book argues that theorizing modernity requires a critical conversation between African and Western scholarship, in order to unpack its links with coloniality and the subjugation of Africa's indigenous knowledges. In setting out this discussion, the book also connects with Latin American scholarship, demonstrating how the modern world is structured to marginalize and destroy knowledges from across the Global South. The book draws on Igbo epistemic resources of solidarity thinking, positioned in contrast to capitalist knowledge-patterns, thereby providing an important Africa-driven response to modernity and coloniality. The book concludes by arguing that the Igbo sense of solidarity is useful and relevant to modern contexts, and thus constitutes a vital resource for a less disruptive, more balanced, and more wholesome modernity. At a time of considerable global crises, this book makes an important contribution to Philosophy both within Africa and beyond"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781032705712 103270571X 9781040011393 104001139X 9781040011409 1040011403 |