History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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**History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China**

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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HAP 24 - Professionally Speaking - The Reaction Against Ethnophilosophy Mar 17, 2019

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Paulin Hountondji and other African philosophers criticize ethnophilosophy and advocate a universalist approach.

HAP 23 - Nkiru Nzegwu on Gender in African Tradition Mar 03, 2019

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An interview with Nkiru Nzegwu on matriarchy and gender fluidity in Africa.

HAP 22 - Women Have no Tribe - Gender in African Tradition Feb 17, 2019

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What archeology and ethnography tell us about the diverse and often ambiguous roles of men and women in traditional African societies.

HAP 21 - The Doctor Will See You Now - Divination, Witchcraft, and Knowledge Feb 03, 2019

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Special forms of knowledge and the explanation of misfortunes in African tradition.

HAP 20 - I Am Because We Are - Communalism in African Ethics and Politics Jan 20, 2019

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Emphasis on the value of community as a major theme in African philosophy.

HAP 19 - Behind the Mask - African Philosophy of the Person Jan 06, 2019

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Traditional African ideas about personhood, which challenge assumptions about the relation between mind and body, self and other.

HAP 18 - One to Rule Them All - God in African Philosophy Dec 23, 2018

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Is traditional African religion in some sense monotheist, despite the worship of many divinities?

HAP 17 - Event Horizon - African Philosophy of Time Dec 09, 2018

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John Mbiti’s influential and controversial claim that traditional Africans experience time as having “a long past, a present, and virtually no future.”

HAP 16 - Samuel Imbo on Okot p'Bitek and Oral Traditions Nov 25, 2018

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A conversation with Sam Imbo on approaching oral traditions as philosophy and the Ugandan thinker and poet Okot p'Bitek.

HAP 15 - Heard it Through the Grapevine - Oral Philosophy in Africa Nov 11, 2018

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An introduction to the “ethnophilosophy” approach inaugurated by Placide Tempels, its promises and potential pitfalls.

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