As of March 2020, five articles of the global historian of ideas Dag Herbjørnsrud (founder of SGOKI) have been listed at the website of «Pieces on Non-‘Western’ Philosophy: for a General Audience: A List.» This list of texts on philosophy is made by Abiral Chitrakar Phuyal, New York University/Shanghai. LINK. The 5 texts of Herbjørnsrud: General/comparative: ‘First women of philosophy’, Aeon, 23 November, 2018. Africa: ‘The African Enlightenment’, Aeon, 13 December, 2017 Africa: ‘The […]
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«So the Battle of Vienna wasn’t a war between the cross and the crescent. It was not a clash of civilisations, a mighty Christian victory over Islam. Rather, Sunni Muslim Tatars were vital in helping the Catholic Polish king on the one side – just as Lutheran Hungarians were allied with the Sunni Muslim Sultan on the other. The year 1683, in the end, was just another year of battles […]
Dag Herbjørnsruds essay «The African Enlightenment» gir rekordhøye besøkstall hos det verdensledende idénettstedet Aeon. Etter publisering 13. desember ble teksten i løpet av kort tid nettstedets mest delte så langt i desember, med 10.000 delinger på Facebook. Enda høyere tall gir portugisisk oversettelse i Brasil. Teksten omhandler de to lite kjente rasjonalitetsfilosofene Zera Yacob (1599-1692), fra Etiopia, og Anton Wilhelm Amo (1703-1755). I teksten kommer det frem hvordan Yacob argumenterer […]