Peter K. J. Park is Assistant Professor of Historical Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is the coeditor (with Douglas T. McGetchin and Damodar SarDesai) of Sanskrit and 'Orientalism': Indology and Comparative Linguistics in Germany, 1750–1958.

"Africa, Asia, and the History of Philosophy is a fascinating study of racism and Eurocentrism in eighteenth century works on history of philosophy." — Journal of the Society for Contemporary Thought and the Islamicate World"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." — Chronicle Review"What makes Park's volume distinctive is the author's proactive approach … Park takes sedulous care in exposing cracks in the history of philosophy's 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." — Radical Philosophy"Africa, Asia, and the History of Philosophy 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. Park's book uncovers some of the sources of philosophy's exclusionary practices. The historical detail is impressive." — Elizabeth Millán, author of Friedrich Schlegel and the Emergence of Romantic Philosophy

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsPrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Kantian School and the Consolidation of Modern Historiography of Philosophy2. The Birth of Comparative History of Philosophy: Joseph-Marie de Gérando’s Histoire comparée des systèmes de philosophie3. India in Friedrich Schlegel’s Comparative History of Philosophy4. The Exclusion of Africa and Asia from the History of Philosophy: The Formation of the Kantian Position5. Systematic Inclusion of Africa and Asia under Absolute Idealism: Friedrich Ast’s and Thaddä Anselm Rixner’s Histories of Philosophy6. Absolute Idealism Reverts to the Kantian Position: Hegel’s Exclusion of Africa and Asia7. The Comparative History of Philosophy in August Tholuck’s Polemic against HegelConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Peter K. J. Park is Assistant Professor of Historical Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is the coeditor (with Douglas T. McGetchin and Damodar SarDesai) of Sanskrit and 'Orientalism': Indology and Comparative Linguistics in Germany, 1750–1958.

"Africa, Asia, and the History of Philosophy is a fascinating study of racism and Eurocentrism in eighteenth century works on history of philosophy." — Journal of the Society for Contemporary Thought and the Islamicate World"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." — Chronicle Review"What makes Park's volume distinctive is the author's proactive approach … Park takes sedulous care in exposing cracks in the history of philosophy's 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." — Radical Philosophy"Africa, Asia, and the History of Philosophy 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. Park's book uncovers some of the sources of philosophy's exclusionary practices. The historical detail is impressive." — Elizabeth Millán, author of Friedrich Schlegel and the Emergence of Romantic Philosophy

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsPrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Kantian School and the Consolidation of Modern Historiography of Philosophy2. The Birth of Comparative History of Philosophy: Joseph-Marie de Gérando’s Histoire comparée des systèmes de philosophie3. India in Friedrich Schlegel’s Comparative History of Philosophy4. The Exclusion of Africa and Asia from the History of Philosophy: The Formation of the Kantian Position5. Systematic Inclusion of Africa and Asia under Absolute Idealism: Friedrich Ast’s and Thaddä Anselm Rixner’s Histories of Philosophy6. Absolute Idealism Reverts to the Kantian Position: Hegel’s Exclusion of Africa and Asia7. The Comparative History of Philosophy in August Tholuck’s Polemic against HegelConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Peter K. J. Park is Assistant Professor of Historical Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is the coeditor (with Douglas T. McGetchin and Damodar SarDesai) of Sanskrit and 'Orientalism': Indology and Comparative Linguistics in Germany, 1750–1958.

"Africa, Asia, and the History of Philosophy is a fascinating study of racism and Eurocentrism in eighteenth century works on history of philosophy." — Journal of the Society for Contemporary Thought and the Islamicate World"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." — Chronicle Review"What makes Park's volume distinctive is the author's proactive approach … Park takes sedulous care in exposing cracks in the history of philosophy's 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." — Radical Philosophy"Africa, Asia, and the History of Philosophy 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. Park's book uncovers some of the sources of philosophy's exclusionary practices. The historical detail is impressive." — Elizabeth Millán, author of Friedrich Schlegel and the Emergence of Romantic Philosophy

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsPrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Kantian School and the Consolidation of Modern Historiography of Philosophy2. The Birth of Comparative History of Philosophy: Joseph-Marie de Gérando’s Histoire comparée des systèmes de philosophie3. India in Friedrich Schlegel’s Comparative History of Philosophy4. The Exclusion of Africa and Asia from the History of Philosophy: The Formation of the Kantian Position5. Systematic Inclusion of Africa and Asia under Absolute Idealism: Friedrich Ast’s and Thaddä Anselm Rixner’s Histories of Philosophy6. Absolute Idealism Reverts to the Kantian Position: Hegel’s Exclusion of Africa and Asia7. The Comparative History of Philosophy in August Tholuck’s Polemic against HegelConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex