 Pan-African and Afro-Asian Alternatives [to] and Critiques [of Eurocentrism]Mathew Forstater Chapter Chapter Four in The Challenge of Eurocentrism: Global Perspectives, Policy, and Prospects, 2009, pp 63-76 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract In the winter/spring of 1983, at age twenty-one, I formally converted to Buddhism and also enrolled in my first semester of college courses at Temple University in Philadelphia. The emphasis with the Buddhism for me at this point was on the practice rather than the theory, but the practice motivated me to study Buddhist philosophy. At Temple, I took Math, English, Studio Art (Drawing), and a course entitled, “An Introduction to the Black Aesthetic” offered by the Department of Pan-African Studies and taught by the internationally acclaimed poet, Sonia Sanchez. The class with “The Professor” led me to other courses offered by the Department of Pan-African Studies, the name of which was changed in 1985 to African American Studies, my undergraduate major. My studies of Buddhism and Black Studies were not separate, but rather the concepts of each were continuously overlapping, complementing one another in many ways and on multiple levels. Keywords: Black Study; African American Study; African Philosophy; Dependent Origination; African Worldview (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-62089-6_5 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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