Africa and the Metaphysical Empire

Auteur

Frank Aragbonfoh Abumere is a fellow of The Abuja School. He has previously been a Senior Member of St Antony's College, University of Oxford and a visiting fellow at both the LSE and the African Studies Centre, University of Oxford. He was also a visiting professor at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (Milan, Italy), University of Richmond (USA) and University of Montreal (Canada). He is interested in African and African diaspora issues across the fields of philosophy, political science, African studies, and Black studies.

Texte du rabat

This book investigates whether African cultures can appropriate some useful aspects of Western cultures, or whether doing so risks falling into the metaphysical empire and diluting African identity.

Contenu

1. Introduction (What is the Metaphysical Empire? The Scope and Content of the Metaphysical Empire);2. Cultural Appropriationism Versus Mutual Exclusivism; 3. Identity, Race and the Metaphysical Empire; 4. Universals Versus Particulars: Humanity Versus Identity; 5. Resolving the Dilemma of Decolonisation; 6. Conclusion (The Decolonisation Fallacy and Fusion of Horizons)