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African philosophy : myth and reality
- Title
- African philosophy : myth and reality / Paulin J. Hountondji ; translated by Henri Evans with the collaboration of Jonathan Rée ; Introduction by Abiola Irele.
- Author
- Hountondji, Paulin J., 1942-
- Publication
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1983.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | B5305 .H6813 1983 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 221 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- In this incisive, original exploration of the nature and future of African philosophy, Paulin J. Hountondji attacks a myth popularized by ethnophilosophers such as Placide Tempels and Alexis Kagame that there is an indigenous, collective African philosophy separate and distinct from the Western philosophical tradition. Hountondji contends that ideological manifestations of this view that stress the uniqueness of the African experience are protonationalist reactions against colonialism conducted, paradoxically, in the terms of colonialist discourse. Hountondji argues that a genuine African philosophy must assimilate and transcend the theoretical heritage of Western philosophy and must reflect a rigorous process of independent scientific inquiry. This edition is updated with a new preface in which Hountondji responds to his critics and clarifies misunderstandings about the book's conceptual framework.
- Series Statement
- African systems of thought
- Uniform Title
- Sur la philosophie africaine. English
- African systems of thought.
- Alternative Title
- Sur la philosophie africaine.
- Subject
- Note
- Translation of: Sur la philosophie africaine.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Part one: arguments -- Alienated literature -- History of a myth -- African philosophy, myth and reality -- Philosophy and its revolutions -- Part two: analyses -- African philosopher in Germany in the eighteenth century: Anton-Wilhelm Amo -- End of 'Nkrumaism' and the (re)birth of Nkruman's Consciencism -- True and false pluralism.
- ISBN
- 0253302706
- 9780253302700
- 0253212006
- 9780253212009
- LCCN
- 83047508
- OCLC
- ocm09219518
- 9219518
- SCSB-81483
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library