Kimmerle's Intercultural Philosophy and Beyond : The Ongoing Quest for Epistemic Justice - Renate Schepen

Kimmerle's Intercultural Philosophy and Beyond

The Ongoing Quest for Epistemic Justice

By: Renate Schepen

Paperback | 27 May 2024

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This book offers a concise overview of the development of intercultural philosophy since the early 1990s, focusing on one of its key pioneers Heinz Kimmerle (1930- 2016).

Building on influences from Gadamer, Heidegger, Derrida and Ramose, Kimmerle's approach to intercultural philosophy is radical and fosters epistemic justice. Kimmerle critically reflected on his own western philosophical tradition, highlighting the problems of a discourse based on a dominant concept of rationality, and of excluding different approaches and participants. Instead, Kimmerle developed an alternative way of thinking, emphasizing the importance Of recognizing philosophies of different cultures. He focused particularly on African philosophies in academic discourse. In the book, the many layers of Kimmerle's intercultural philosophy are revealed, exploring how dialectics, hermeneutics, deconstruction and decolonization can contribute to epistemic justice. The author goes beyond Kimmerle and demonstrates how Kimmerle's approach can be further enhanced by using an intersectional approach and by engaging in dialogue with female philosophers and artists.

This new study, which also introduces unpublished and untranslated texts from Kimmerle's work in German and Dutch, will be of considerable interest to researchers of continental philosophy, intercultural and African philosophy, political philosophy, decolonial and feminist studies.

Industry Reviews

"Dr Renate Schepen's book is a timely and critical contribution to intercultural philosophy with a distinct relevance to feminist studies. An engaging dialogue between African and Western Philosophies."
Mogobe Ramose, Professor of Philosophy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Department of Clinical Psychology, Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa

"There is not another in-depth treatise on Heinz Kimmerle like this one. While Kimmerle has extensive writings, this volume gives readers an overview of Kimmerle's development as an intercultural philosopher. Schepen's added creativity and imagination makes sure that her analysis is a unique contribution to the field."
Gail Presbey, Professor of Philosophy, University of Detroit Mercy"Dr. Schepen has succeeded not only in transferring the concepts of Western philosophical approaches, such as those of Hegel, Heidegger, Derrida, Lyotard and Irigaray, into a kind of "dialogue", which already with Kimmerle itself culminated in a more than fruitful engagement with African philosophy, moreover she has also opened up new paths for an "intercultural dialogue" beyond Kimmerle by connecting deconstructive, decolonial, feminist discourses with the contemporary theory of 'epististemic justice'."
Georg Stenger, Professor of Philosophy in a Global World, University of Vienna

"Schepen's is the most comprehensive book to date in intersectional intercultural philosophy"
Yonas Belay Abebe, Institute for Philosophy, Leiden University, Netherlands

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