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

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Contents List of Figures vii Acknowledgments ix Preface xi List of Abbreviations xv Introduction 1 1 The Kantian School and the Consolidation of Modern Historiography of Philosophy 11 2 The Birth of Comparative History of Philosophy: Joseph-Marie de Gérando’s Histoire comparée des systèmes de philosophie 31 3 India in Friedrich Schlegel’s Comparative History of Philosophy 51 4 The Exclusion of Africa and Asia from the History of Philosophy: The Formation of the Kantian Position 69 5 Systematic Inclusion of Africa and Asia under Absolute Idealism: Friedrich Ast’s and Thaddä Anselm Rixner’s Histories of Philosophy 97 6 Absolute Idealism Reverts to the Kantian Position: Hegel’s Exclusion of Africa and Asia 113 7 The Comparative History of Philosophy in August Tholuck’s Polemic against Hegel 133 vi Contents Conclusion 149 Notes 153 Bibliography 199 Index 221 ...