The struggle for meaning : reflections on philosophy, culture, and democracy in Africa / / Paulin J. Hountondji ; translated by John Conteh-Morgan ; with a foreword by K. Anthony Appiah
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| Autore: |
Hountondji Paulin J. <1942->
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| Titolo: |
The struggle for meaning : reflections on philosophy, culture, and democracy in Africa / / Paulin J. Hountondji ; translated by John Conteh-Morgan ; with a foreword by K. Anthony Appiah
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| Pubblicazione: | Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Center for International Studies, c2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (332 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 199/.66 |
| Soggetto topico: | Philosophy, African |
| Soggetto geografico: | Africa Social conditions |
| Note generali: | Original title: Combats pour le sens : Un itineraire africain. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-305) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Translator's Acknowledgments -- Part I: Discovering Husserl -- 1 Landmarks -- 1. From Porto-Novo to Rue d'Ulm -- 2. Rationality as a Problem -- 2 The Idea of Science -- 1. An African Concern -- 2. The Scientific Demand -- 3. Truth and the Good -- 4. The Interconnection of Truths -- 5. The Language of Things -- 6. The Impossible Closure -- Part II: Critique of Ethnophilosophy -- 3 Anger -- 1. From Husserl to Tempels -- 2. An Exceptional Crucible: Présence Africaine -- 3. The Copenhagen Presentation -- 4. A "Set of Texts" -- 5. Developments -- 4 The Issues at Stake -- 1. Political Anchoring -- 2. Theoretical Stakes -- 3. Some Readings -- Part III: Positions -- 5 A Polluted Debate -- 1. The Elegance of the Elders -- 2. Muddying the Issues -- 3. The Nationalist Reaction -- 4. Marxists and Anti-Marxists -- 5. Initial Responses -- 6 Rootedness and Freedom -- 1. The Time for Rereadings -- 2. Linguistic Relativity and Philosophy -- 3. The Particular and the Universal -- 4. The Field of the Thinkable -- 7 Reappropriation -- 2. A Rampant Pragmatism -- 3. Variation on "Distance" -- 4. The Impossible De-linking -- 5. The Appropriation of Knowledge -- 6. Reappropriation -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The struggle for meaning |
| ISBN: | 0-89680-433-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910809907203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Research in international studies. . -Africa series ; ; no. 78.