Globalfilosofi versus kolonial filosofihistorie: Gjenoppbyggingen av et ikke-etnosentrisk filosofilogos som alternativ til «vestlig kulturmythos»

Dag Herbjørnsrud

doi:10.7557/13.8389

Forfattere

Dag Herbjørnsrud Senter for global og komparativ idéhistorie https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1356-0368

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/13.8389

Emneord (Nøkkelord):

Avkolonisering, Kulturmythos, Filosofihistorie, Globalfilosofi, Eurosentrisme

Sammendrag

I denne teksten vises det hvordan vi har mulighet til å få en mer balansert, vitenskapelig og ikke-etnosentrisk fremstilling av den globale filosofihistorien. Teksten tar utgangspunkt i hvordan både maleren Rafael og andre renessansetenkere gir den muslimsk-arabiske europeeren Ibn Rushd (Averroës) en sentral plassering i filosofihistorien, i motsetning til hvordan filosofistudenter i dag introduseres for filosofi og vitenskap som en «gresk oppfinnelse». Som et alternativ til dagens ekskluderende skandinaviske filosofifremstillinger vises det til nyere, internasjonal forskning der vi har fått et vell av nye, tilgjengelige filosofiklassikere fra Afrika, Asia og Amerika. I sum skisseres et alternativ til et «vestlig kulturmythos» og en kolonialistisk presentasjon av filosofihistorien: et avkolonisert logos basert på et globalfilosofisk perspektiv, med utgangspunkt i en kontekstbasert og komparativ metodologi.

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