Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze - Wikipedia Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search This article includes a list of general references, but it remains largely unverified because it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (March 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze (18 January 1963 – 30 December 2007) was a Nigerian philosopher. Eze was a specialist in postcolonial philosophy. He wrote as well as edited influential postcolonial histories of philosophy in Africa, Europe, and the Americas. He brought Immanuel Kant's racism to light among Western thinkers in the 1990s, an area of Kant's life that Western philosophers often gloss over.[1] Influences in his own work include Paulin Hountondji, Richard Rorty, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant. Eze was most recently Associate Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University, where he also edited the journal Philosophia Africana [1]. He died on December 30, 2007 in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania[2] after a short illness. Contents 1 Background 2 Education and teaching 3 Works 3.1 Books 3.2 Articles 4 See also 5 Notes 6 Further reading 7 External links Background[edit] Eze was born to Nigerian parents, Daniel and Rebecca (who are Igbo and devout Catholics), in Agbokete, in what was Northern Region of Nigeria. Because of his parents' ethnicity and religion they fled the North during the Nigerian Civil War to Nsukka, in the eastern part of the country. Education and teaching[edit] Eze was educated by Jesuits in colleges in Benin City, Nigeria and Kimwenza, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo). He attended St. Patrick's Elementary School in Iheakpu-Awka from 1970 to 1976. In 1982 he graduated from Igbo-Eze Secondary School. From September of the same year he worked as Clerk at the Kaduna State Ministry of Agriculture in Funtua. In 1983 Eze resigned the job and enrolled at St. Ignatius Jesuit Novitiate in Benin City. From 1985 to 1987 he studied at S. Pierre Canisius College in Kimwenza, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He then taught French language at Bishop Kelly College in Benin City for an academic year before moving to New York. He received his Masters (1989) and Ph.D. (1993) from Fordham University. His doctoral thesis was on "Rationality and the Debates about African Philosophy." Eze taught at Bucknell University and at Mount Holyoke College. In addition, he was a post-doctoral visiting scholar at Cambridge University (1996–1997, where he designed the M. Phil. program in African Studies), a visiting professor at the New School for Social Research (1997) and at the University of Cape Town (2003). Works[edit] Books[edit] On Reason: Rationality in a World of Cultural Conflict and Racism (2008) ISBN 978-0822341956 [2] Race and the Enlightenment: A Reader (1997), ISBN 0-631-20137-8. [3] Postcolonial African Philosophy: A Critical Reader (1997), ISBN 0-631-20340-0.[4] Achieving our Humanity: The Idea of the Postracial Future (2001), ISBN 0-415-92941-5.[5] African Philosophy: An Anthology, ISBN 0-631-20338-9.[6] Pensamiento Africano (I): Ética y política, ISBN 84-7290-155-6. [7] Pensamiento Africano (II): Filosofía, ISBN 84-7290-189-0. [8] Pensamieto Africano (III): Cultura y Sociedad, ISBN 84-7290-282-X. [9] Articles[edit] "Out of Africa: Communication Theory and Cultural Hegemony". TELOS 111 (Spring 1998). New York: Telos Press See also[edit] Africana philosophy African philosophy American philosophy List of American philosophers Notes[edit] ^ Bouie, Jamelle (5 June 2018). "How the Enlightenment Created Modern Race Thinking and Why We Should Confront It". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 16 June 2020. ^ Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze, 1963-2007 Further reading[edit] Carmen L. Bohórquez, “Apel, Dussel, Wiredu and Eze: An Intercultural Approach to the Ideal of Justice,” Revista de Filosofia, Vol. 34, No. 1 (2000): 7–16. Michael A. Rosenthal, “'The black, scabby Brazilian': Some Thoughts on Race and Early Modern Philosophy,” Philosophy and Social Criticism, Vo.l 31, No. 2 (2005): 211–221. M.L. Thomas, "The Consensus-Democracy Model of the Akan as an Alternative Approach to Political Decision Making.” [10][permanent dead link] On “Achieving our Humanity: The Idea of the Postracial Future” Review by Frank M. Kirkland, in Notre Dame Philosophical Review, 2002.04.05 [11] Review by Cleavis Headley, “The Ideal of the Postracial Future,” in Philosophia Africana, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2004:109–202. Critique by Charles Mills, "Kant's Untermenschen," in Andrew Valls, Race and Racism in Modern Philosophy, Cornell University Press, 2005, pp. 169–193. On “Race and the Enlightenment: A Reader”: Review by Peter Hulme, Research in African Literatures, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2000: 232–233 [12] Review by Bob Carter, “Out of Africa: Philosophy, 'race' and agency ,” in Radical Philosophy, May/June 1998. [13] Review by Andrew N. Carpenter, in Teaching Philosophy, Vol. 23 No. 3 (2000). Review by Felmon Davis, in Constellations, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1998: 296–304 [14] Review in Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, No. 16, 1997: 137–138 Review by Adam Shatz, “What has the worst of the Enlightenment have to do with the best of it?,” Lingua Franca, April–May 1997, pp. 19–20 On “Postcolonial African Philosophy: A Critical Reader”: Review by Kai Kresse, in polylog: Forum for Intercultural Philosophy [15] Review in Philosopher's Magazine. [16] Review in The Sociological Review, Vol. 45, No. 4, 1997: 704–750 [17] Review in Transformation, Vol. 18, No. 4, 2001: 264 [18] On “African Philosophy: An Anthology”: Review by Barry Hallen, “African Philosophy in a New Key,” in African Studies Review, Vol. 43, No. 3, 2000: 131–134. Review by Stephen Clark, “African Philosophy: an anthology,” in Afr Aff (Lond), 1999 98: 128–130. Review by Nigel Gibson, in African and Asian Studies, Vol. 36, No. 3, 2001: 253–329. Review by Rodney C. Roberts, in Philosophy East and West, October, 1999 [19] External links[edit] Democracy or Consensus? Response to Wiredu by Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze African Philosophy at the Turn of the Millennium Interview with Rick Lewis Authority control BNE: XX1424422 BNF: cb13195615h (data) GND: 104754895X ISNI: 0000 0001 1628 5651 LCCN: n96041320 NTA: 112077358 SUDOC: 035542314 VIAF: 41983553 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n96041320 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emmanuel_Chukwudi_Eze&oldid=979495338" Categories: Igbo philosophers American people of Igbo descent Nigerian philosophers American philosophers Nigerian emigrants to the United States DePaul University faculty Mount Holyoke College faculty 1963 births 2007 deaths 20th-century philosophers Hidden categories: Articles lacking in-text citations from March 2018 All articles lacking in-text citations All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from September 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links Wikipedia articles with BNE identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages Deutsch Español Français Italiano Português Yorùbá Edit links This page was last edited on 21 September 2020, at 03:09 (UTC). 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