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Winner of the 2015 Best Scholarly Book Award presented by the Diopian Institute for Scholarly Advancement
Afrocentricity is the most intellectually dominant idea in the African world, one that is having a growing impact on social science discourse. This paradigm, philosophically rooted in African cultures and values, fundamentally challenges major epistemological traditions in Western thought, such as modernism and postmodernism, Marxism, existentialism, feminism, and postcolonialism. In The Demise of the Inhuman, Ana Monteiro-Ferreira reviews what Molefi Kete Asante has called the \"infrastructures of dominance and privilege,\" arguing that Western concepts such as individualism, colonialism, race and ethnicity, universalism, and progress, are insufficient to overcome various forms of oppression. Afrocentricity, she argues, can help lead us beyond Western structures of thought that have held sway since the early fifteenth century, towards a new epistemological framework that will enable a more human humanity.
Editions of The Demise of the Inhuman
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781438452258
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- ISBN 9781438452241
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- ISBN 9781438452265
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Winner of the 2015 Best Scholarly Book Award presented by the Diopian Institute for Scholarly Advancement
Afrocentricity is the most intellectually dominant idea in the African world, one that is having a growing impact on social science discourse. This paradigm, philosophically rooted in African cultures and values, fundamentally challenges major epistemological traditions in Western thought, such as modernism and postmodernism, Marxism, existentialism, feminism, and postcolonialism. In The Demise of the Inhuman, Ana Monteiro-Ferreira reviews what Molefi Kete Asante has called the \"infrastructures of dominance and privilege,\" arguing that Western concepts such as individualism, colonialism, race and ethnicity, universalism, and progress, are insufficient to overcome various forms of oppression. Afrocentricity, she argues, can help lead us beyond Western structures of thought that have held sway since the early fifteenth century, towards a new epistemological framework that will enable a more human humanity.
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Winner of the 2015 Best Scholarly Book Award presented by the Diopian Institute for Scholarly Advancement
Afrocentricity is the most intellectually dominant idea in the African world, one that is having a growing impact on social science discourse. This paradigm, philosophically rooted in African cultures and values, fundamentally challenges major epistemological traditions in Western thought, such as modernism and postmodernism, Marxism, existentialism, feminism, and postcolonialism. In The Demise of the Inhuman, Ana Monteiro-Ferreira reviews what Molefi Kete Asante has called the \"infrastructures of dominance and privilege,\" arguing that Western concepts such as individualism, colonialism, race and ethnicity, universalism, and progress, are insufficient to overcome various forms of oppression. Afrocentricity, she argues, can help lead us beyond Western structures of thought that have held sway since the early fifteenth century, towards a new epistemological framework that will enable a more human humanity.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Demise of the Inhuman?
Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social groups, communities and identities > Ethnic studies / Ethnicity
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How long is The Demise of the Inhuman and how many pages does it have?
The Demise of the Inhuman has 238 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Demise of the Inhuman?
Ana Monteiro-Ferreira
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The Demise of the Inhuman is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781438452258) and paperback(ISBN 9781438452241) and pdf(ISBN 9781438452265)
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