title: Africa, Asia, and the History of Philosophy: Racism in the Formation of the Philosophical Canon, 17801830 (SUNY series, Philosophy and Race)
author:  Peter K. J. Park 
description: <i>Africa, Asia, and the History of Philosophy</i> is a fascinating study of racism and Eurocentrism in eighteenth century works on history of philosophy.  <i>Journal of the Society for Contemporary Thought and the Islamicate World</i><br /><br />Now, finally, we have an excellent account of  the exclusion of Asian and African texts from the canon of world philosophy  an acute, critical narrative that should force philosophers to re-examine disreputable pillars of their tradition.  <i>Chronicle Review</i><br /><br />What makes Parks volume distinctive is the authors proactive approach  Park takes sedulous care in exposing cracks in the history of philosophys foundation, and digs deeper to examine how each crack is connected  in his reconsideration of the history of philosophy, Park seriously engages the racism still to be found at work in philosophy today.  <i>Radical Philosophy</i><br /><br /><i>Africa, Asia, and the History of Philosophy</i> is a welcome addition to a neglected area in the history of ideas. Philosophy has long suffered from exclusions that keep us from fully appreciating the contributions to our field from Africa and Asia. Parks book uncovers some of the sources of philosophys exclusionary practices. The historical detail is impressive.  Elizabeth Milln, author of <i>Friedrich Schlegel and the Emergence of Romantic Philosophy</i>
zlib_text: Racism: A Very Short Introduction
  
  Very Short Introductions available now:
  
  > AFRICAN HISTORY John Parker and Richard Rathbone
  
  > ANARCHISM Colin Ward
  
  > ANCIENT EGYPT Ian Shaw
  
  > ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY Julia Annas
  
  > ANCIENT WARFARE Harry Sidebottom
  
  > ANGLICANISM Mark Chapman
  
  > THE ANGLO-SAXON AGE John Blair
  
  > ANIMAL RIGHTS David DeGrazia
  
  > ARCHAEOLOGY Paul Bahn
  
  > ARCHITECTURE Andrew Ballantyne
  
  > ARISTOTLE Jonathan Barnes
  
  > ART HISTORY Dana Arnold
  
  > ART THEORY Cynthia Freeland
  
  > THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY Michael Hoskin
  
  > ATHEISM Julian Baggini
  
  > AUGUSTINE Henry Chadwick
  
  > BARTHES Jonathan Culler
  
  > THE BIBLE John Riches
  
  > THE BRAIN Michael O'Shea
  
  > BRITISH POLITICS Anthony Wright
  
  > BUDDHA Michael Carrithers
  
  > BUDDHISM Damien Keown
  
  > BUDDHIST ETHICS Damien Keown
  
  > CAPITALISM James Fulcher
  
  > THE CELTS Barry Cunliffe
  
  > CHAOS Leonard Smith
  
  > CHOICE THEORY Michael Allingham
  
  > CHRISTIAN ART Beth Williamson
  
  > CHRISTIANITY Linda Woodhead
  
  > CLASSICS Mary Beard and John Hende