Description
Paulin Hountondji, 1st ed. 2019
African Philosophy as Critical Universalism
Global Political Thinkers Series
Language: EnglishSubjects for Paulin Hountondji:
Keywords
African philosophy; ethnophilosophy; endogenous research; universalism; Placide Tempels; Alexis Kagame; professional philosophy; Négritude; anthropology; African socialism; Anton Wilhelm Amo; collective reasoning; orality; popular knowledge; materialism; dependency theory; scientific dependency; scientific autonomy; scientific extraversion; Présence Africaine
Support: Print on demand
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Contextualises and presents Hountondji’s influential work to a new audience
Situates Hountondji's work amongst his contemporaries and compares it to approaches by African philosophers such as Henry Odera Oruka, Kwame Gyekye and Kwasi Wiredu
Explores the relevance of Hountondji's approach to contemporary transcultural political theory