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Author Hountondji, Paulin J., 1942-

Title Sur la "philosophie Africaine" : critique de l'ethnophilosophie / Paulin J. Hountondji.

Publication Info. Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (iii, 236 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary 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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Subject Philosophy, African.
Philosophy, African.
Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author African Books Collective.
Other Form: Print version: Hountondji, Paulin J. Sur la philosophie africaine : Critique de líethnophilosophie. Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, ©2013 9789956790326
ISBN 9789956790838 (electronic book)
9956790834 (electronic book)
995679032X
9789956790326
9789956790326