RELA 2748

Introduction to African Philosophy: Race, Religion, and Rationality

Course Description

Disciplines

Cultures & Societies of the World, Artistic, Interpretive, & Philosophical Inquiry, Second Writing

This course will survey the central debates of the field of African Philosophy: what counts as "African"? what counts as "philosophy"?, the universality or cultural particularity of rationality, the role of race and racism in modern, Western Philosophy, the role of writing and orality in philosophy, and "African" conceptions of the self, truth, knowledge, gender, ethics, and justice.

Instructors

Current All Time

Oludamini Ogunnaike