Decolonizing Philosophy : Taking Responsibility for the Hidden Entanglements of Western Thought in European Expansion (Suny series in Transcontinental Philosophy)

Elberfeld, Rolf/ Corcoran, Steven (TRN)

State University of New York Press（2026/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 256 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9798855808810

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An unflinching look at the darker side of Western thought, arguing for an acceptance of responsibility as opposed to an apportionment of blame.

Calls for a decolonization of thought and the sciences have become increasingly urgent in recent years and have now reached European universities. Decolonizing Philosophy attempts to clarify why philosophy must also undergo a process of decolonization and what such a process means for research and teaching in philosophy. A central point in this process is the reappraisal of the long-denied entanglements of European philosophy in European expansion and colonialism. Within this context, the book addresses questions about the emergence of scientifically based race theories in philosophy and the Eurocentric historical constructions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It also presents research approaches for overcoming a Eurocentric philosophy and raises the question of how ethical and epistemic responsibility can be assumed in the process of decolonizing thought.

Contents

Introduction

I. Philosophy Backdropped by European Expansion

1. Latin-American Perspectives

2. Japanese Perspectives

3. African Perspectives

II. Philosophical Universalization and European Conquest since 1492

1. Thomas More, Utopia

2. Francisco de Vitoria, De Indis

3. Hugo Grotius, Mare liberum

III. Strategies for the "Perfecting" of Others: Christianization, Civilization, Modernization

1. Saving Souls through Baptism

2. Saving Souls through Mass Education

3. Saving Souls through Economic Growth and Technology

IV. Philosophical Discriminations — Racism, Anti-Semitism, Sexism

1. "Scientific" Racial Thinking and the Emergence of Racism

2. Jews as a "Threat to Europe"

3. Woman as "Failed Man"

V. European Historiographies in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

1. The Theorization of History as Science Around 1750

2. Eighteenth-Century Colonial Reconstructions of World History

3. The Heroization of Western Philosophical History in the Name of Universal Reason

VI. The Haitian Revolution, Black Intellectuals, and Raynal's History of European Expansion

1. The Haitian Slave Uprising of 1791
2. Black Intellectuals in Europe and the U.S. since the Eighteenth Century

3. Raynal's History of European Expansion

VII. Languages: Philosophical and Political Dimensions

1. "Languages" and the Formation of "Nations"

2. Language Colonialism

3. The Diversity of Languages and Philosophies

VIII. Comparative, Intercultural, and Decolonial Philosophy

1. Comparative Philosophy

2. Intercultural Philosophy

3. Decolonial Philosophy

IX. Decolonizing University Knowledge Systems in Europe

1. University Knowledge Systems in Europe and European Expansion

2. "Research" as Non-Word in the Indigenous World

3. "Why is My Curriculum White?"

X. Women in Western and Non-Western Philosophy

1. Women in the History of Western Philosophy

2. Postcolonial and Decolonial Feminism

3. Women in Non-Western Philosophy

XI. Telling Histories of Philosophies

1. Histories of Philosophies from Global Perspectives

2. (Inter-)Weaving Histories of Philosophies

3. Global Histories of Thought

XII. Epistemic Decolonization in Europe: Philosophical Responsibility and Critique

1. A Decolonial Critique of Knowledge Systems in Europe

2. Resolving the History of Colonial Entanglements

3. Assuming Philosophical Responsibility vs. Apportioning Blame

Notes
Bibliography
Index