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African Philosophy and the Epistemic Marginalization of Women

272 Pages

by Routledge

272 Pages

by Routledge

272 Pages

by Routledge

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This book examines the underexplored notion of epistemic marginalization of women in the African intellectual place. Women's issues are still very much neglected by governments, corporate bodies and academics in sub-Saharan Africa. The entrenched traditional world-views which privilege men over women make it difficult for the modern day challenges posed by the neglect of the feminine epistemic... Read more

Acknowledgements Dedication Preface Introduction 1. Addressing the Epistemic Marginalization of Women in African Philosophy and Building a Culture of Conversations 2. Henry Odera Oruka and the Female Sage: Re-evaluating the Nature of Sagacity 3. Women and Ubuntu: Does Ubuntu Condone the Subordination of Women? 4. African Philosophy, its Questions, the Place and the Role of Women and its Disconnect with its World 5. Dialogues and Alliances: Positions of Women in African Philosophy 6. Dealing with the Trauma of a Loss: Interrogating the Feminine Experience of Coping with Spouse’s Death in African Traditions 7. Human Rights Discourse: Friend or Foe of African Women’s Sexual Freedoms? 8. African Philosophy’s Injustice against Women 9. Conceptual Decolonization in African Philosophy: The Women Perspective 10. Women in the history of African Philosophy and the Imperative of ‘Her-Storical’ Perspective in the Contemporary African Philosophy 11. Buffeted: Developing an Afro Feminist Response to Environmental Questions 12. Ecofeminism in Africa: The Contribution of Wangari Maathai 13. Women in the Kitchen of Philosophy: Re-Asking the Questions of African Philosophy 14. Are Women Marginalized in African Philosophy?