Africa, Asia, and the History of Philosophy : Racism in the Formation of the Philosophical Canon, 1780-1830.

Intro -- Africa, Asia, and the History of Philosophy: Racism in the Formation of the Philosophical Canon, 1780-1830 -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Kantian School and the Consolidation of Modern Historiography of Philosophy -- Chapter 2: The Birth of Comparative History of Philosophy: Joseph-Marie de Gérando's Histoire comparée des systèmes de philosophie -- Chapter 3: India in Friedrich Schlegel's Comparative History of Philosophy -- Chapter 4: The Exclusion of Africa and Asia from the History of Philosophy: The Formation of the Kantian Position -- Chapter 5: Systematic Inclusion of Africa and Asia under Absolute Idealism: Friedrich Ast's and Thaddä Anselm Rixner's Histories of Philosophy -- Chapter 6: Absolute Idealism Reverts to the Kantian Position: Hegel's Exclusion of Africa and Asia -- Chapter 7: The Comparative History of Philosophy in August Tholuck's Polemic against Hegel -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

A historical investigation of the exclusion of Africa and Asia from modern histories of philosophy.

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