Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - The Emergence of Animism in Contemporary Western Philosophy :Work in Progress

ecocriticism is now effacing the ontological lines between the human and non human. old school thinking about animism, as understood along anthropological lines, is no longer respectable, which goes along with the end of abrahamic religions as defining any meaningful priorities of value.

ken

kenneth harrow

professor emeritus

dept of english

michigan state university

517 803-8839

harrow@msu.edu

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Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 11:26 AM
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - The Emergence of Animism in Contemporary Western Philosophy :Work in Progress

 

I used to think Western philosophy and Western academic scholarship uniformly  saw animism as a primitive style of thinking until I read such sources as the Wikipedia essays on animism and panpsychism.

What are the implications of such re-examinations for African thought, the value of whose animistic character is highly contested between philosophy and Abrahamic religions?

More forthcoming.

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