Paulin J. Hountondji
At a glance:
- Series: World Philosophers and Their Works
- Categories: Philosophy, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers, Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Nationalism
- Curriculum: African History
Article abstract: Through a critique of “ethnophilosophy” and an endorsement of a critical, “scientific” understanding of philosophy, Hountondji compelled a reassessment of traditional African philosophy and an examination of the relationship among philosophy, science, and development.
Early Life
French West Africa, during Paulin J. Hountondji’s youth, was still under colonial rule by Europeans. The Ivory Coast, Dahomey (now Benin), and other nation-states such as Senegal and Guinea were territories of France, moving toward independence. French...
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