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, 2020 Franziska Dübgen and Stefan Skupien have written a much needed overview of Paulin Hountondji’s work. While Hountondji is quite well known for his critique of ethnophilosophy, his later intellectual work on scientific dependency and his political writings
El Nabolsy, Zeyad
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Francophone African Philosophy: History, trends and influences
, 2018 In this paper, I engage in a critical discussion of Francophone African philosophy focusing on its history, the influences, and emerging trends. Beginning the historical account from the 1920s, I examine the colonial discourses on racialism, and the ...
Pius M. Mosima, Mosima, Pius M.
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Africa\u27s Quest for a Philosophy of Decolonization [PDF]
, 2004 This book discovers freedom in the colonial idea of African primitiveness. As human transcendence, freedom escapes the drawbacks of otherness, as defended by ethnophilosophy, while exposing the idiosyncratic inspiration of Eurocentric universalism ...
Kebede, Messay
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African Tradition, Philosophy, and Modernization
, 2006 I examine Wiredu's views that (1) ethnophilosophy cannot be considered a legitimate philosophy because it has the feature of authoritarianism, and that (2) this feature of African tradition will not allow modern philosophy to flourish because it prevents
Ikuenobe, Polycarp
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Filosofia africana e etnofilosofia: Uma abordagem da concepção de Paulin Hountondji a partir do baraperspectivismo [PDF]
, 2016 Resumo: Este trabalho é uma abordagem da concepção de filosofia africana em Paulin Hountondji e de sua crítica ao livro Filosofia bantu. Tal abordagem se desenvolve com base no conceito de baraperspectivismo, um paradigma de produção teórica que nasceu ...
dos Santos, Rodrigo
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Chinese Music Through the Prism of Ethnophilosophy
Journal of Lifestyle and SDGs ReviewIntroduction: This article describes the basic aesthetic orientation and cultural characteristics of Chinese musical culture. It examines the origin of Chinese musical culture and the process of its development from a philosophical point of view, and presents the Chinese national philosophical thought embedded in Chinese musical culture in the context ...
Jia Mengtian +3 more
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Ethnophilosophy and Public Morality in an African Tribe
Open Journal of Philosophy, 2015 The paper is a field research work delving into the ethnophilosophy of Ogba religion. Its focal point is on the people’ worldview, as it pertains to life, public morality, value and Adamic sins in Ogba Land Rivers State, Nigeria. It posits that the natural or physical world is an extension of the supernatural or the spiritual and must be understood in ...
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Paulin J. Hountondji on Philosophy, Science, and Technology: From Husserl and Althusser to a Synthesis of the Hessen-Grossmann Thesis and Dependency Theory [PDF]
, 2022 To explain Paulin J. Hountondji’s intellectual trajectory, I offer a critical account of his conception of the relationship between science and philosophy.
El Nabolsy, Zeyad
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Dimensions of Epistemology and the Case for Africa’s Indigenous Ways of Knowing [PDF]
, 2015 The debates within African philosophical practice have concerned its status, relevance and methodology appropriate or usable for doing it. Many African philosophers still express reservations concerning the importance of Africa’s indigenous ways of ...
Udefi, Amaechi
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The Black must become dangerous:Stanislas Adotevi's critique of negritude and the philosophy of pan-African revolution [PDF]
Born in 1934, the Beninese philosopher and politician Stanislas Spero Adotevi passed away on February 7, 2024. He remains famous for his radical critique of Léopold Senghor's thought and political practice, but his ideas are often caricatured.
Ajari, Norman; id_orcid
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