Kenan Malik

Anton Wilhelm Amo, Ghanas Greatest Philosophical Genius 2

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“Anton Wilhelm Amo’s most devoted researcher and biographer, the East German scholar Burchard Brentjes, writes in his generally excellent 1977 study, “Anton Wilhelm Amo: Der Schwarze Philosoph in Halle,” that were it not for the peculiarities of Amo’s life and identity, there would be little reason to study his work… “At the same time, I … Read more

Multiculturalism Is Dead? Not Quite Yet.

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Multicultural approaches and policies vary widely all over the world, ranging from the advocacy of equal respect to the various cultures in a society, to a policy of promoting the maintenance of cultural diversity, to policies in which people of various ethnic and religious groups are addressed by the authorities as defined by the group … Read more