Ulrich Lölke

Region of Interest

Africa

Primary Country of Residence

Germany

Title

Dr.

Affiliation

Universität Lüburg, Hamburg, Germany

Email

u.loelke@hamburg.de

Mailing Address

Universität Lüneburg
Lastropsweg 19
20255
Hamburg
Germany

Phone/Fax Number(s)

phone: 49-(0)40-4917314

Research Interests

Areas of interest are philosophy, mainly in post-colonial Africa,
epistemology, philosophy of science, local knowledges, political philosophy,
art. Research interests are processes of decolonisation in Africa.

Publications

"But what is done in the West does not contain all the truth...":
Interview with the African philosopher Kwame Gyekye. in: QUEST vol.XI
(1997) no.1-2, 80-99.

Parental Care as a Principle of Development. in: Graness, A./ K. Kresse
(eds). Sagacious Reasoning. Frankfurt a.M.: Peter Lang, 1997, 21-31.

Kritische Traditionen. Afrika. Philosophie als Ort der Dekolonisierung.
Frankfurt a.M.: IKO-Verlag, 2001.

Zur Lokalität von Wissen. Die Kritk der local knowledge-Debatte in
Anthropologie und Internationaler Zusammenarbeit [Focus Afrika, Nr.21],
Hamburg: Institut für AfrikaKunde, 2002.

Konversionen. Fremderfahrungen in ethnologischer und interkultureller
Perspektive, Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2004 [co-editor with Iris Därmann and Steffi
Hobu].

Keywords

post-colonial Africa ; political philosophy ; epistemology ; local knowledge ; decolonization