The History of African Philosophy as a Site of Contradictions

The History of African Philosophy as a Site of Contradictions

Talk

05/04/2023 4:15 pm –5:45 pm

U Bremen GW1 A 0150 & online

Lindokuhle Shabane

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Fellow: Dr. Debora Nyangulu

Guest: Dr. Jonathan Chimakonam | University of Pretoria | South Africa

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DFG Research Training Group 2686: Contradiction Studies –

Constellations, Heuristics, and Concepts of the Contradictory

DFG Research Training Group 2686: Contradiction Studies –

Constellations, Heuristics, and Concepts of the Contradictory

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driver

“Contradictions are an important driver of scientific practice and knowledge.”
Norman Sieroka

l’illusion d’une unité

“Foucault speaks of contradiction as l’illusion d’une unité.”
Ingo H. Warnke

Is contradiction eurocentric?

“Is contradiction a eurocentric concept, operational phenomenon, and instrument of power?”
Kerstin Knopf

limits

“Resistance is a democratic right, sometimes a duty. With literature we can find models for this right and think about its limits.”
Gisela Febel

power and resistance

“Michel Foucault says: “Where there is power, there is resistance, and […] this resistance is never in a position of exteriority in relation to power” (History of Sexuality I, The Will to Knowledge, 1976, p. 95)”
Gisela Febel