Open AccessThree Recent Texts in Africana Philosophy: Overcoming Disciplinary Decadence
Author(s) -
Clevis Headley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of world philosophies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.132
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 2474-1795
DOI - 10.2979/jourworlphil.1.1.11
Subject(s) - mainstream , existentialism , teleology , historiography , western philosophy , decadence , discipline , philosophy , critical philosophy , epistemology , sociology , social science , literature , art , political science , law , theology
The following essay is a review of three recent texts in Africana philosophy. These three texts are united by the overarching theme of the teleological suspension of mainstream philosophy. Lewis Gordon takes a global approach to Africana philosophy and his text engages the issue of the historiography of Africana philosophy; George Yancy’s approach is situated within the subtradition of African American philosophy and his text pursues a critical Africana study of the existential reality of whiteness; and Neil Roberts situates his work within the subtradition of Afro-Caribbean philosophy, with the declared goal of tackling the concept of freedom