Claim OwnershipHistory of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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Peter Adamson teams up with Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers, and Karyn Lai to represent the philosophical traditions of ancient India, Africa and the African diaspora, and classical China. Website: www.historyofphilosophy.net.
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Co-host Karyn introduces herself to the listeners and talks about the challenges of tackling classical Chinese philosophical texts.
Early Chinese philosophers were deeply aware of a world that is constantly changing: we look at how Confucians, Legalists, and Daoists responded to this challenge.
Introducing Chinese philosophy through the concept of "dao," a fundamental word in classical Chinese philosophy, with a range of meanings across its different traditions.
How Africana philosophy looked to a young Chike Jeffers, coming into the field in the early 21st century.
The key events and figures in philosophy as an academic discipline, in both Africa and the diaspora.
Cornel West joins us to look back on the development of his thought and the many authors who have inspired him.
An introduction to Cornel West, focusing on his early essay “Philosophy and the Afro-American Experience.”
A movement of legal scholars diagnoses the limitations of merely “formal” measures against discrimination, a point they connect to issues like affirmative action, democratic process, and intersectionality.
What inspired Asante's controversial philosophy of Afrocentricity, and its relationship to religion, nationalism, and feminism.
How writers like George G.M. James, John Henrik Clarke, Cheikh Anta Diop, Yosef ben-Jochannan, and Chancellor Williams prepared the way for the Afrocentricity of Molefi Asante and captured the imaginations of hip hop artists and intellectuals like Ta-Nehisi Coates.
1Sylvia Wynter offers a bold and provocative assessment of the role of the humanities in understanding humankind.
Cedric J. Robinson reflects on the power and limitations of Marxism while charting the past and prospects of black radical thought.
The author of an important book on Glissant joins us to talk about his approach to this major Caribbean thinker.
Poet, novelist, playwright and philosopher Edouard Glissant, his theory of "creolization", and the Creolists who were influence by him.
Stuart Hall pioneers “cultural studies,” offering tools for analysis of films, television, fiction and music that were put to use by followers like Paul Gilroy and Hazel Carby.
The great Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o joins us to speak about his career, his influences, and the power and politics of language.
How one of Kenya's greatest writers came to argue that African literature should be written in African languages.
We bring the story of black feminism up to the turn of the century with the incisive works of bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins.
In poetry and prose, especially her collection "Sister Outsider," Audre Lorde explores ideas of difference, eroticism, and feminist theory.
The eventful life and penetrating philosophy of Angela Davis, an icon of resistance deeply informed by Marxism and influential on black feminist thought.
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Is it possible to obtain an audio version of the vedas available? Thanks Katie
History of philosophy
what about ancient American philosophy. before colonialism there were people and cultures that we know about and evidence has been uncovered making America older than the rest of the world. and the connection to America and the ancient world must be discussed as well
Good fucking stuff.
absolutely amazing podcast. my favorite.
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While this was a good presentation, you seem to have omitted many of the Rig Vedic insights into philosophy focusing more on History and Vedic society. Especially the Nasadiya Sukta of the Rig Veda that is purported to be one the earliest non-theistic accounts of creation in the world. The problem of the one and the many is also dealt with in the Rig Veda and that could have been a worthwhile discussion. Hopefully there's an episode on these topics in future episodes.