Voicing African Voices

Author

Paulin Hountondji

Paulin J. Hountondji is a Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Benin Republic, joint-laureate of Mohamed El Fasi 2004 prize. He is the Director of the African Centre of Higher Education in Porto-Novo.

The American version of his book philosophie africaine: critique de l'ethnophilosophie(Paris, Maspero 1976) (African philosophy, Myth and Reality, Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1983) was awarded the Herskovits Prize in 1984. The book is part of the 100 best African books of the 20th century selected in Accra in the year 2000.

Hountondji has recently published The Struggle for Meaning: Reflections on Philosophy, Culture and Democracy in Africa (Ohio University Press, 2002) and edited several publications, including Endogenous Knowledge: Research Trails, (Dakar: CODESRIA, 1997). Paulin J. Hountondji has served as the Vice-President of the International Board of Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPH) and also of CODESRIA.

Philosophy Social Sciences

Sur la philosophie africaine

by Paulin Hountondji

Beaucoup d’auteurs africains contemporains restent les prisonniers de la recherche d’une conception du monde, d’une philosophie, résidant dans une arne «africaine», unique pour tout…

Philosophy Social Sciences

L’ancien et le Nouveau

by Paulin Hountondji

La production du savoir dans l’Afrique d’aujourd’hui Comment s’articulent en Afrique, dans le domaine du savoir et du savoir-faire, 1’ancien et le nouveau ?…

Philosophy Social Sciences

Combats pour le Sens : Un Itineraire Africain

by Paulin Hountondji

Dans ce livre, Paulin J. Hountondji, connu du public pour sa critique percutante de l’ethnophilosophie, retrace la genèse et l’évolution de sa réflexion. Il…

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