Lewis R. Gordon offers
the first comprehensive treatment of Africana philosophy, beginning with
the emergence of an Africana (i.e. African diasporic) consciousness in
the Afro-Arabic world of the Middle Ages. He argues that much of modern
thought emerged out of early conflicts between Islam and Christianity
that culminated in the expulsion of the Moors from the Iberian
Peninsula, and from the subsequent expansion of racism, enslavement, and
colonialism which in their turn stimulated reflections on reason,
liberation, and the meaning of being human. His book takes the student
reader on a journey from Africa through Europe, North and South America,
the Caribbean, and back to Africa, as he explores the challenges posed
to our understanding of knowledge and freedom today, and the response to
them which can be found within Africana philosophy.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Africana philosophy in context
Part I. Groundings: 1. Africana philosophy as a modern philosophy
2. Classic eighteenth- and nineteenth-century foundations
Part II. From New World to New Worlds: 3. Three pillars of African-American philosophy
4. Africana philosophical movements in the United States, Canada, and Britain
5. Afro-Caribbean philosophy
6. African philosophy
Conclusion.
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