Intercultural Thinking in African Philosophy

This book sets up a rich intercultural dialogue between the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and Michel Foucault.

Autorentext

Marita Rainsborough teaches as an Associate Professor (PD) at the Institute for Philosophy and Art Studies at Leuphana University Lüneburg and at the Institute for Romance Studies at Kiel University, Germany. She is an associate member of the Centre of Philosophy University of Lisbon (CFUL) and co-editor of the journal Estudos Kantianos.

Inhalt

Introduction

Part I: Rethinking Kant. Contemporary African philosophy and Kant

1 Kant's epistemic, ethical and political universalism

2 Cosmopolitanism in the philosophy of Appiah and Mbembe a critical dialogue with Kant

3 Critical dialogue with Kant's epistemological and ethical universalism in Wiredu's and Gyekye's work

4 Rereading Kant. Philosophy as critique in the philosophical concepts of Serequeberhan and Odera Oruka

Part II: Foucault, Kant and contemporary African philosophy

5 Critique, parrhesia and philosophy in Foucault's work

6 Language in Kant and Foucault's work. The language of Kant and Foucault

7 History, power and art in Foucault's philosophy

8 Foucault and contemporary African philosophy

Conclusion