In this interview, we learn how Kongzi become the pivotal sage of early Chinese history, and what new discoveries teach us about the Confucian tradition.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

What does the Analects say about living as a human being? How are individuals embedded in society, and how do they develop their unique identities?על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Confucianism puts relationships with family members at the core of their ethical thinking. Is this a strength or a weakness?על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Lessons we can take from the teachings of Kongzi (Confucius) in the Analects: challenging authorities, adhering to “benevolence (ren),” and practicing “propriety (li)” in ritual and everyday life.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

An introduction to Kongzi, the founder of Confucianism, and to the text that has come to represent his thought, the Lunyu (Analects).על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

In this interview, we learn how newly discovered texts are changing our understanding of Warring States period philosophy.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

What were ancient Chinese philosophical texts written on? How did writing relate to orally transmitted wisdom? How were texts read and used? And what even counted as a “text” in ancient China?על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

The historical context of classical Chinese philosophy, and how ancient Chinese historical works themselves became works of philosophy.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Co-host Karyn introduces herself to the listeners and talks about the challenges of tackling classical Chinese philosophical texts.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Early Chinese philosophers were deeply aware of a world that is constantly changing: we look at how Confucians, Legalists, and Daoists responded to this challenge.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Introducing Chinese philosophy through the concept of "dao," a fundamental word in classical Chinese philosophy, with a range of meanings across its different traditions.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

How Africana philosophy looked to a young Chike Jeffers, coming into the field in the early 21st century.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

The key events and figures in philosophy as an academic discipline, in both Africa and the diaspora.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Cornel West joins us to look back on the development of his thought and the many authors who have inspired him.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

An introduction to Cornel West, focusing on his early essay “Philosophy and the Afro-American Experience.”על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

A movement of legal scholars diagnoses the limitations of merely “formal” measures against discrimination, a point they connect to issues like affirmative action, democratic process, and intersectionality.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

What inspired Asante's controversial philosophy of Afrocentricity, and its relationship to religion, nationalism, and feminism.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

How writers like George G.M. James, John Henrik Clarke, Cheikh Anta Diop, Yosef ben-Jochannan, and Chancellor Williams prepared the way for the Afrocentricity of Molefi Asante and captured the imaginations of hip hop artists and intellectuals like Ta-Nehisi Coates.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Sylvia Wynter offers a bold and provocative assessment of the role of the humanities in understanding humankind.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Cedric J. Robinson reflects on the power and limitations of Marxism while charting the past and prospects of black radical thought.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

The author of an important book on Glissant joins us to talk about his approach to this major Caribbean thinker.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Poet, novelist, playwright and philosopher Edouard Glissant, his theory of "creolization", and the Creolists who were influence by him.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Stuart Hall pioneers “cultural studies,” offering tools for analysis of films, television, fiction and music that were put to use by followers like Paul Gilroy and Hazel Carby.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

The great Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o joins us to speak about his career, his influences, and the power and politics of language.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

How one of Kenya's greatest writers came to argue that African literature should be written in African languages.על ידי Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers