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1 online resource (iii, 236 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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Many contemporary African writers remain trapped in the quest for a worldview, philosophy, supposing a single ìAfricanî demesne to explain the entire continent, referring to a mythical past. Paulin Hountondji shows how these strange conceptual constructions have played a positive role in the resistance led by intellectuals of colonial rule: they responded to the negation of the oppression that it comprised of, but it was an ambiguous answer, especially because it was built on the principles derived from the works of European ethnologists, particularly the PËre Tempels. Independence opened a ne. |
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Philosophy, African.
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Philosophy, African. |
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Philosophy.
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Philosophy. |
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Electronic books.
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African Books Collective.
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Print version: Hountondji, Paulin J. Sur la philosophie africaine : Critique de líethnophilosophie. Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, ©2013 9789956790326 |
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9789956790838 (electronic book) |
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9956790834 (electronic book) |
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995679032X |
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9789956790326 |
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9789956790326 |
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