Dag Herbjørnsrud
Historian of Ideas, SGOKI
Dag Herbjørnsrud is a historian of ideas and founder of SGOKI (the Center for Global and Comparative History of Ideas) in Oslo. His latest book is Global Knowledge: Renaissance for a New Enlightenment (2016 original in Norwegian). Info: http://www.sgoki.org/no/english/
Written by Dag Herbjørnsrud
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Thinkers and theories
The African Enlightenment
The highest ideals of Locke, Hume and Kant were first proposed more than a century earlier by an Ethiopian in a cave
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History
The real Battle of Vienna
In 1683 an Ottoman siege was repelled from the walls of Vienna. But it was far from a fight between Islam and Christendom
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Comparative philosophy
First women of philosophy
Philosophy was once a woman’s world, ranging across Asia, Africa and Latin America. It’s time to reclaim that lost realm
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Recent Comments
Western philosophy is racist
Dag HerbjørnsrudDiversity in philosophy can be encouraged by spreading the thoughtful words, and the latest book, of Bryan W. Norden. We need to see, grasp, and then act on the philosophy of Norden, in order to make our common philosophical challenges and ideas thrive in the 21st century. Thank you.
The African Enlightenment
Dag HerbjørnsrudThank you for all the great responses.
Here are some links for the books of Zera Yacob (b. 1599, Ethiopia) and Anton Wilhelm Amo (b. 1703, Guinea/Ghana).
On Yacob’s Hatäta (1667):
English translation (PDF of Sumner’s book, 1976): https://zelalemkibret.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/zara-yaqob-tretise-english.pdf
Latin and Ge’ez version (Enno Littman, 1904): READ MORE→ See comment