History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers
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.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Dec 12, 2021 • 19min
HAP 89 - Separate but Unequal - E. Franklin Frazier
Sociologist E. Franklin Frazier critiques the Harlem Renaissance and the “black bourgeoisie” for failing to embrace values that will empower black Americans.
Nov 28, 2021 • 33min
HAP 88 - The Surreal Deal - Aimé and Suzanne Césaire
Negritude thinkers Aimé and Suzanne Césaire embrace surrealism and reflect on the relationships between poetry, knowledge, and identity.
Nov 14, 2021 • 29min
HAP 87 - Call It Intuition - Leopold Senghor
Leopold Senghor compares different ways of knowing while developing his theory of Negritude and combining the roles of poet and politician.
Oct 31, 2021 • 26min
HAP 86 - French Connection - The Negritude Movement
Our first look at the emergence of the Negritude movement in Paris in the 1930s, with a focus on the early leadership of the Nardal sisters and Leon Damas.
Oct 17, 2021 • 34min
HAP 85 - Liam Kofi Bright on Du Bois‘ Philosophy of Science
Guest Liam Kofi Bright discusses Du Bois' ideal of value-free science and the place of science within his wider thought.
Oct 3, 2021 • 28min
HAP 84 - Live Long and Protest - W.E.B. Du Bois, 1920-1963
Du Bois moves to the left, and revisits and refines older positions during the latter half of his very long life.
Sep 19, 2021 • 23min
HAP 83 - Songs of the People - Paul Robeson and the Negro Spiritual
The career of the multi-talented activist and performer Paul Robeson, and the place of the Negro spiritual in the Harlem Renaissance.
Sep 5, 2021 • 21min
HAP 82 - The Florida Project - Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston’s interest in Africana folklore feeds into her great novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Jul 25, 2021 • 21min
HAP 81 - Making History - Carter G. Woodson
Pioneering historian Carter G. Woodson argues for a new approach to education and economic uplift.
Jul 11, 2021 • 27min
HAP 80 - Scholarly Contributions - African American Professional Philosophers
From the latter half of the nineteenth century to the 1970s, African Americans only rarely obtain jobs as philosophy professors but bring distinctive perspectives to the profession.
