Sunday, November 25, 2007

Maldonado-Torres, Nelson, ed. POST-CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY. WORLDS AND KNOWLEDGES OTHERWISE 1.3 (2006).

See the following essays in particular: "Post-Continental Philosophy: its Definition, Contours, and Fundamental Sources" NELSON MALDONADO-TORRES Nelson Maldonado-Torres looks toward the boundaries of analytical and continental philosophy and augurs a post-continental philsophy that uses the arsenal of these bodies of thought to analyze and interpret problems related to colonialism, racism, and sexism in the contemporary world. Additionally, he points toward the new sciences and forms of study, such as African Diaspora Studies, Ethnic Studies and related programs, which demand a self-reflection of their own, without submitting their imperatives and unique approaches to the evaluation of analytic and continental philosophers. [pdf] "Through the Zone of Non-being: A Reading of Black Skin, White Masks in Celebration of Fanon's Eightieth Birthday" LEWIS R. GORDON In celebration of Frantz Fanon’s eightieth birth, Gordon explores Fanon’s socioigenic approach in Black Skin, White Masks and argues that through Fanon's particular engagement of human failure and 'non-beingness' that a new type of text and discourse emerges. He proposes that Fanon traverses both disciplinary and linguistic boundaries to challenge the viability of any single science providing a comprehensive analysis of human beings. [pdf] "Africana Phenomenology: its Philosophical Implications" PAGET HENRY Paget Henry explores the theoretical side of African studies through a discussion of the field of Africana phenomenology. Henry outlines its contours, problems, and theorists by attending to the works of WEB Dubois, Frantz Fanon, and Lewis Gordon. Finally, Henry argues that the emergence of African Philosophy, particularly Africana phenomenology, demands that philosophy adopt a more comparative approach. [pdf] "The Idea of Post European Science" KENNETH KNIES Kenneth Knies argues that the attempt to think beyond the imperial reach of Europe has generated new forms of systematic inquiry that signal a new epoch of Science. These new inquiries or Post-European sciences are actual disciplines, such as Africana Studies, Ethnic Studies, Latin America Studies, that point toward a radical rethinking of theory itself or what Knies calls a turning point in the life of Reason. Knies locates the significance of this turn by looking at these sciences’ relationship to transcendental phenomenology. [pdf] Read the entire issue here: http://www.jhfc.duke.edu/wko/dossiers/1.3/1.3contentarchive.php.

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