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History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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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.

Location:

United States

Description:

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.

Language:

English


Episodes

HPC 02. The Only Constant: Change and the "Yi Jing"

3/24/2024
Early Chinese philosophers were deeply aware of a world that is constantly changing: we look at how Confucians, Legalists, and Daoists responded to this challenge.

Duration:00:26:29

HPC 01. Journey of a Thousand Li: Introduction to Chinese Philosophy

3/9/2024
Introducing Chinese philosophy through the concept of "dao," a fundamental word in classical Chinese philosophy, with a range of meanings across its different traditions.

Duration:00:20:16

HAP 142 - Final Chat with Chike Jeffers

2/24/2024
How Africana philosophy looked to a young Chike Jeffers, coming into the field in the early 21st century.

Duration:00:51:12

HAP 141 - Job Openings - the Rise of Africana Professional Philosophy

2/11/2024
The key events and figures in philosophy as an academic discipline, in both Africa and the diaspora.

Duration:00:38:24

HAP 140 - Cornel West on Himself

1/27/2024
Cornel West joins us to look back on the development of his thought and the many authors who have inspired him.

Duration:00:46:28

HAP 139 - A Love Supreme - Cornel West

1/15/2024
An introduction to Cornel West, focusing on his early essay “Philosophy and the Afro-American Experience.”

Duration:00:33:22

HAP 138 - Taking it Out of Neutral - Critical Race Theory

12/30/2023
A movement of legal scholars diagnoses the limitations of merely “formal” measures against discrimination, a point they connect to issues like affirmative action, democratic process, and intersectionality.

Duration:00:27:38

HAP 137 - Asante Sana - Molefi Asante’s Afrocentricity

12/17/2023
What inspired Asante's controversial philosophy of Afrocentricity, and its relationship to religion, nationalism, and feminism.

Duration:00:37:00

HAP 136 - Civilization Reclaimed - African-Centered Thought

12/11/2023
How writers like George G.M. James, John Henrik Clarke, Cheikh Anta Diop, Yosef ben-Jochannan, and Chancellor Williams prepared the way for the Afrocentricity of Molefi Asante and captured the imaginations of hip hop artists and intellectuals like Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Duration:00:34:21

HAP 135 - Mastering Ceremonies - Sylvia Wynter

11/19/2023
Sylvia Wynter offers a bold and provocative assessment of the role of the humanities in understanding humankind.

Duration:00:28:26

HAP 134 - The Marx Brothers - Cedric J. Robinson

11/5/2023
Cedric J. Robinson reflects on the power and limitations of Marxism while charting the past and prospects of black radical thought.

Duration:00:23:37

HAP 133 - John Drabinski on Edouard Glissant

10/22/2023
The author of an important book on Glissant joins us to talk about his approach to this major Caribbean thinker.

Duration:00:41:58

HAP 132 - French Creolizing - Edouard Glissant and the Creolité Movement

10/16/2023
Poet, novelist, playwright and philosopher Edouard Glissant, his theory of "creolization", and the Creolists who were influence by him.

Duration:00:33:43

HAP 131 - Mixed Messages - Black British Cultural Studies

9/24/2023
Stuart Hall pioneers “cultural studies,” offering tools for analysis of films, television, fiction and music that were put to use by followers like Paul Gilroy and Hazel Carby.

Duration:00:33:45

HAP 130 - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o on... Himself!

9/10/2023
The great Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o joins us to speak about his career, his influences, and the power and politics of language.

Duration:00:36:10

HAP 129 - Afrophone Home - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

8/5/2023
How one of Kenya's greatest writers came to argue that African literature should be written in African languages.

Duration:00:42:04

HAP 128 - Marginal Comments - bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins

7/16/2023
We bring the story of black feminism up to the turn of the century with the incisive works of bell hooks and Patricia Hill Collins.

Duration:00:19:24

HAP 127 - Knowing the Difference - Audre Lorde

7/3/2023
In poetry and prose, especially her collection "Sister Outsider," Audre Lorde explores ideas of difference, eroticism, and feminist theory.

Duration:00:37:47

HAP 126 - Fugitive for Justice - Angela Davis

6/18/2023
The eventful life and penetrating philosophy of Angela Davis, an icon of resistance deeply informed by Marxism and influential on black feminist thought.

Duration:00:22:05

HAP 125 - Phenomenal Woman - The Black Women’s Literary Renaissance

6/5/2023
Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and Alice Walker explore the themes of black feminism (or “womanism”) in their fiction. Warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual violence and suicide.

Duration:00:36:34