African Philosophy, Second Edition Myth and Reality

Name: African Philosophy, Second Edition Myth and Reality
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ISBN: 9780253210968

ISBN-10: 0253210968

ISBN-13: 9780253210968

Edition: 2nd 1996 (Revised)

Authors: Paulin J. HOUNTONDJI, Jonathan Ree, Abiola Irele

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Hountondji . . . writes not as an 'African' philosopher but as a philosopher on Africa. . . . Hountondji's deep understanding of any civilization as necessarily pluralistic, and often even self-contradicting as it evolves, is simply magisterial. . . . This is a precious gem of a book for anyone who wishes to reflect on civilization and culture. ChoiceIn 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…

Book details

Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 11/22/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.46" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface to the second edition


Introduction




Arguments



An alienated literature



History of a myth



African philosophy, myth, and reality



Philosophy and its revolutions



Analyses



An African philosopher in Germany in the eighteenth century




The end of ONkrumaism' and the (re)birth of Nkrumah



The idea of philosophy in Nkrumah's Consciencism



True and false pluralism


Postscript


Notes and references


Index