Arguing for the possibility of African philosophical agency: A response to Hegelian contempt
Author: Alex Masangu St. Augustine University of Tanzania, P.O. Box 307, Mwanza – Tanzania Email: masanguag@hotmail.com Abstract Any expectation of Africans’ active participation in philosophical learning, teaching and research is strongly opposed to Hegel’s understanding of Africans. The German philosopher, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is namely the architect of what I call the Hegelian contempt. […]