Format:
XVI, 146 Seiten
ISBN:
9781138335400
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in African philosophy 1
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction: Albinism, difference and the philosophical turn -- 1. Albinism and African thick conceptualisations -- The biological understanding of albinism in persons -- Albinism as a disability -- Albinism as a thick and contested concept in African thought -- Peculiarities of albinism in Africa -- 2. The ontology of albinism in African traditions -- An African theory of being -- Categories of being in African ontology -- Persons with albinism as queer beings -- Questioning the ontological asumptions about albinism -- The linguistic turn: albinism and linguistic ableism -- 3. The epistemology of albinism in African traditions -- African theory of knowledge I: Knowledge as first-hand information -- African theory of knowledge II: Knowledge as consistency with established beliefs -- African theory of knowledge III: Knowledge as shared knowledge -- Processes of knowing -- Why do (false) beliefs persist? -- Ignorance and systemically produced falsehood -- 4. The ethics of albinism in African traditions -- An African theory of the good -- Does African moral theory justify harming persons with albinism? -- The duty to, and burden of, care -- Social justice, dignity and easing of the burden of care -- The challenge of an elitist virtue ethic -- 5. Albinism in Africa: Some existential issues -- Fear and dread -- Alienation, suicide contemplation and authentic living -- Peculiar feminine experience of albinism -- 6. Overcoming the violent othering of albinism in Africa today -- Reconstructive and awareness education and training for key social institutions -- Reconstructive and awareness education for persons with albinism -- Establishment of social structures and institutions
Content:
Gene research and therapy: Implications and prospects for albinism -- Bibliography -- Index
Content:
Introduction: Albinism, Difference and the Philosophical Turn Chapter One: Albinism and African Thick Conceptualisation Chapter Two: The Ontology of Albinism in African Traditions Chapter Three: The Epistemology of Albinism in African Traditions Chapter Four: The Ethics of Albinism in African Traditions Chapter Five: Albinism in Africa: Some Existential Issues Chapter Six: Overcoming the Violent Othering of Albinism in Africa Today
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780429443787
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780429813122
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Imafidon, Elvis, 1984- author African philosophy and otherness of albinism New York : Routledge, 2018
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Afrika
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Philosophie
;
Afrikanische Philosophie
;
Albinismus
;
Pigmentdermatose
;
Albino
;
Soziale Situation
;
Hautfarbe
;
Soziale Situation
;
Diskriminierung
