Who counts as an intellectual? In many traditions, the figure of the intellectual is tied to the search for truth, social ...

CU Boulder PhD candidate Idowu Odeyemi argues that African philosophy should not be limited to a single definition “To define African philosophy is to limit it,” argues Idowu Odeyemi, a PhD candidate ...

Maurier, H. Do we have an African philosophy?--Wright, R. A. Investigating African philosophy.--Keita, L. The African philosophical tradition.--Olela, H. The African ...

When renowned Ghanaian philosopher Kwasi Wiredu passed on in early 2022, Benin’s Paulin J. Hountondji was left alone to adopt the mantle of “Africa’s greatest living philosopher”. With one possible ...

He rebelled against efforts to force African ways of thinking into the European worldview. His thoughts had the effect of a bomb in African intellectual life. By Adam Nossiter Paulin Hountondji, a ...

Today justice is one of the most complicated matters to speak about globally. These complications arise from cultural relativism and historical injustices. Failed reconciliation processes, global ...

Professor Katrin Flikschuh is professor of political theory in LSE's School of Government.he joined the LSE Government Department in 2003, having previously held positions in philosophy at the ...

Critiqued by Austin J. Shelton, "Strange syncretisms: the interpretation of African religion via Christ and Europe," Conch (Austin, TX) 2 (1) March 1970, pages 35-43. siris_sil_42888 ...