Hountondji préfacier
This contribution examines takes the pretext of one of Paulin Hountondji's last writings –a preface- to underline the two pillars of his contribution to the debate on philosophy in general, and African philosophy in particular: fidelity to his thesis of a philosophy with a universalist outlook...
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| Materyal Türü: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Dil: | Français |
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2025
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| Online Erişim: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Özet: | This contribution examines takes the pretext of one of Paulin Hountondji's last writings –a preface- to underline the two pillars of his contribution to the debate on philosophy in general, and African philosophy in particular: fidelity to his thesis of a philosophy with a universalist outlook and acknowledgement of the criticisms of his initial radical position on ethnophilosophy. The Beninese philosopher contributed this preface to an anthology on another work, i.e. a collection of African tales translated into French. Written by a third party, in principle, not essential for the understanding of the collective work that it introduces, his text, paradoxically, has the qualities of a major contribution: Hountondji uses it as a genuine “prefatory act”, namely an opportunity and a way to continue the construction of his own thought. In this preface, he attempts to overcome the tensions between his old position on African cultures and his new, still critical, position on orality, philosophy in African languages and endogenous knowledge. |
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