Postcolonial African Philosophy: A Critical Reader sets out a timely and critical agenda for contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean, and African-American philosophy.

With many leading contributors, this collection of newly-commissioned work provides key coverage of the postcolonial and the postmodern; the critique of eurocentrism in philosophy; philosophy in post-independence Africa and post-civil rights black America; multi-culturalism; and inter-cultural dialogue between contemporary African and western philosophy in the academy. In addition, it includes important interventions on the historical, political, and cultural situations of Africa and America at the end of the twentieth century, and philosophy's role in this milieu.

Designed to complement Emmanuel Eze's Racist Enlightenment (1996) and African Philosophy: An Anthology (1997) also published by Blackwell, these volumes represent powerful new intervention in a fast developing area of study and research.

About the Author
Emmanuel Chuckwudi Eze is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bucknell University, editor of Racist Enlightenment (Blackwell Publishers, 1996) and African Philosophy: An Anthology (Blackwell Publishers, forthcoming). He is Research Associate at the African Studies Centre, Cambridge University, 1996-97 and Diamond Distinguished Visitor in Philosophy at the New School for Social Research.

Reviews
"We are indeed blessed to have Eze's up-to-date and magnificent anthology. It brings together some of the most stimulating texts of African philosophy. Its ambitious effort will serve well all those interested in African Studies and students and professionals of philosophy in general." V. Y. Mudimbe, Stanford University

" Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze has assembled a collection of essays that will be a most substantial contribution to making the case for African philosophy. Not just by the persuasiveness of each argument, but, as well, by virtue of each person who contributes to the effort. One important effect will be to further the development of African philosophy by moving the discussion well beyond the potential danger of confinement within improper conceptions of raciality not simply by attacking racialized thought, but via the constitutive activities of the contributors. This collection is, then, to be read and pondered in a number of respects in order to appreciate fully the very important contribution it is. " Professor Lucius Outlaw, Haverford College

Book Information
ISBN 9780631203407
Author Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze
Format Paperback
Page Count 388
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 572g
Dimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm * 31mm