Paulin Hountondji : une passion pour l’Afrique et pour la raison
Some scholars consider him a product of a Eurocentric school of thought. His criticism of ethnophilosophy has not always been well understood. He has been sometimes perceived and treated as an enemy of Africa, as a White man. Yet, throughout his life, Africa has been his main passion. In the first p...
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2025
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| Rochtain ar líne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Achoimre: | Some scholars consider him a product of a Eurocentric school of thought. His criticism of ethnophilosophy has not always been well understood. He has been sometimes perceived and treated as an enemy of Africa, as a White man. Yet, throughout his life, Africa has been his main passion. In the first part of this paper, we try to show how, on a theoretical level, Africa has been and remains the most important concern of the great Beninese philosopher. The second part is a critical treatment of the personal experience I had as the personal assistant of the president of the Benin’s National Council on Education and as the research assistant of Paulin Hountondji. When one has enjoyed the opportunity of working for a long time with Hountondji, one understands that his life was nothing but the practical continuation of the intellectual commitments he had already adopted. |
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