Europe and African Thought Systems and Philosophies of Education

Re-Culturing’ the Trans-Temporal Discourses

Bibliographic Data

ID2164047
AuthorsAli A Abdi (0000-0003-3175-2566, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume22
Issue2
Pages309-327
Publication date2008-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0950-2386 • E-ISSN: 1466-4348
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09502380701789216
OpenAlexW1562017522
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited16

This essay problematizes the place of African thought systems and philosophies of education in the European Canon. It also looks at the theoretical and analytical perspectives this Canon has spread across the globe, which trivialized Africa histories, epistemic realities and epistemologies. The essay engages a brief summary of the works of select but prominent European philosophers and situates them in the context of European colonialism and post-colonial discursive hegemonies that continue to marginalize African worldviews and ways of knowing. To analytically counter-weigh these hollow assertions about Africa, the article introduces new as well as previously well-known, anti-colonial writings by both emerging and established African philosophers and cultural critics. The essay also makes use of other works that are relevant for this exercise. At the end, the essay proposes possible ways of advancing and harnessing the rich and life wise, effective platforms and trajectories of African thought systems and philosophies of education

Aesthetics · Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Decoloniality · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Globe · Political science · Sociology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology

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