Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze 1963 – 2007
Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze (1963 – 2007) was a Nigerian philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Postcolonial Philosophy.
Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze was a Nigerian philosopher who taught for most of his career at DePaul University, and one of the most influential figures of the post-1990s wave of African philosophy in English. Race and the Enlightenment: A Reader and his essays on Kant's anthropology made the case that the racial hierarchies of eighteenth-century European thought are not incidental to but constitutive of canonical Enlightenment philosophy. On Reason: Rationality in a World of Cultural Conflict and Conversation defended a positive program of cross-cultural rationality, in which reason is realized in the ongoing conversation among traditions rather than in any one of them.
Key facts
- Nationality
- Nigerian
- Era
- Contemporary
- Movements
- Postcolonial Philosophy
Selected quotes
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Attributed to Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze:
“Race is not a footnote to Enlightenment reason; it is one of its building blocks.”
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Attributed to Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze:
“African philosophy is not a defensive reaction to European thought; it is one of the languages in which reason speaks.”
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Attributed to Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze:
“Reason is plural without being relative.”
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Attributed to Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze:
“Conversation is the form rationality takes in a world of many traditions.”
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Attributed to Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze:
“We do not yet have a philosophical history of the world; we have only fragments.”
Frequently asked about Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze
- When did Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze live?
- Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze was born in 1963 and died in 2007.
- Where was Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze from?
- Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze was a Nigerian philosopher of the Contemporary era.
- What philosophical movements is Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze associated with?
- Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze was associated with Postcolonial Philosophy.
- What was Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze known for?
- Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze was a Nigerian philosopher who taught for most of his career at DePaul University, and one of the most influential figures of the post-1990s wave of African philosophy in English.
- How many quotes are attributed to Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze?
- There are 5 attributed quotations from Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.