Endangered African Knowledges and the Challenge of Modernity

An Igbo Response

Donald Mark C. Ude

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Routledge
02 April 2024

Regional studies; Development studies; Colonialism & imperialism; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Regional geography

Series: Routledge Studies in African Philosophy

This book presents an innovative African philosophical response to coloniality and the attendant epistemicide of Africa’s knowledge systems, drawing on Igbo thinking.

This book argues that theorizing modernity requires a critical conversation between African and Western scholarship, in order to unpack its links with coloniality and the subjugation of Africa’s indigenous knowledges. In setting out this discussion, the book also connects with Latin American scholarship, demonstrating how the modern world is structured to marginalize and destroy knowledges from across the Global South. This book draws on Igbo epistemic resources of solidarity thinking, positioned in contrast to capitalist knowledge-patterns, thereby providing an important Africa-driven response to modernity and coloniality. This book concludes by arguing that the Igbo sense of solidarity is useful and relevant to modern contexts and thus constitutes a vital resource for a less disruptive, more balanced, and more wholesome modernity.

At a time of considerable global crises, this book makes an important contribution to philosophy both within Africa and beyond.

By: Donald Mark C. Ude
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 1.280kg
ISBN: 9781032705682
ISBN 10: 103270568X
Series: Routledge Studies in African Philosophy
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 02 April 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Introduction: What Is at Stake 1. Africa and the Challenge of Modernity 2. Understanding Modernity, Its Systems, and Imaginaries: Habermas, Taylor, and Wallerstein 3. The Epistemic Ramifications of Modernity: Coloniality, Decoloniality, and Subaltern Epistemologies 4. The Idea of Interconnectedness in Igbo Thought: Society, Politics, Religion, and Morality 5. Solidarity and the Challenge of Modernity. Conclusion: Birthing ""Other Modernities"" From Endangered Knowledges."

Donald Mark C. Ude studied in Nigeria, Kenya, Canada, and Belgium. He has a PhD in Philosophy from KU Leuven (2021), where he currently researches and teaches. He is a recipient of a number of coveted research fellowship awards, notably FWO (Belgium) and Humboldt (Germany). His articles have featured in Theory, Culture & Society, Philosophy Today, South African Journal of Philosophy, and several important journals. He maintains an active research interest in African philosophy, African studies, postcolonial/decolonial studies, critical theory, social/political philosophy, modernity, and post-secularism. At freer moments, he writes on topical socio-political issues in Nigerian newspapers.

Reviews for Endangered African Knowledges and the Challenge of Modernity: An Igbo Response

“The book insightfully succeeds in pointing out that solidarity in Igbo society, and in Africa more widely, is a mode of perceiving the world, a ‘social imaginary’. As such, it may provide, so the argument goes, the much-sought-after epistemic resources to counteract and redress the disruptive effects of Africa’s modernization.” Toon Braeckman, Professor of Philosophy (emeritus), KU Leuven, Belgium “This book adeptly articulates a response to the challenge of modernity, drawing on Igbo (African) epistemic resources. The author demonstrates an exceptional grasp of global politics of knowledge. Scholars working on African philosophy, African studies, postcolonial/decolonial studies, and related fields will find it greatly useful.” Edwin Etieyibo, Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa