Exclusivity and African Science

Authors

  • Dirk J. Louw

Keywords:

exclusivity, Africa, ethnoscience, ethnorelativism, ethnocentrism

Abstract

Just how exclusive, peculiar, or particular can an “African” science – or, for that matter, any other “ethnoscience” – be? The peculiarities of African science are often emphasized in comparison with the “absolutist”, “colonizing” or “imperialistic” perceptions of “Western outsiders.” However, it is argued that a fervent demarcation of African science, meritorious as it might be, can also be self-defeating. That is, the peculiarities of African science, rightly cherished by decolonizers, can also be overstated. Such overstatement is explained and criticized as “ethnorelativism.”

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Published

2016-03-05

How to Cite

Louw, D. J. (2016). Exclusivity and African Science. Filozofski Vestnik, 26(3). Retrieved from https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/filozofski-vestnik/article/view/4352