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Attacks a myth popularized by ethno-philosophers such as Placide Tempels and Alexis Kagame that there is an indigenous, collective African philosophy separate and distinct from the Western philosophical tradition.

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"Hountondji ... writes not as an 'African' philosopher but as a philosopher on Africa... Hountondji's deep understanding of any civilization as necessarily pluralistic, and often even self-contradicting as it evolves, is simply magisterial... This is a precious gem of a book for anyone who wishes to reflect on civilization and culture." Choice

Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition
Introduction by Abiola Irele

Part One: Arguments
1. An alienated literature
2. History of a myth
3. African philosophy, myth, and reality
4. Philosophy and its revolutions

Part Two: Analyses
5. An African philosopher in Germany in the eighteenth century: Anton-Wilhelm Amo
6. The end of 'Nkrumaism' and the (re)birth of Nkrumah
7. The idea of philosophy in Nkrumah's Consciencism
8. True and false pluralism

Postscript
Notes and references
Index

African Philosophy Second Edition

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/11/1996
      ISBN13: 9780253210968, 978-0253210968
      ISBN10: 0253210968
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Attacks a myth popularized by ethno-philosophers such as Placide Tempels and Alexis Kagame that there is an indigenous, collective African philosophy separate and distinct from the Western philosophical tradition.

      Trade Review
      "Hountondji ... writes not as an 'African' philosopher but as a philosopher on Africa... Hountondji's deep understanding of any civilization as necessarily pluralistic, and often even self-contradicting as it evolves, is simply magisterial... This is a precious gem of a book for anyone who wishes to reflect on civilization and culture." Choice

      Table of Contents

      Preface to the second edition
      Introduction by Abiola Irele

      Part One: Arguments
      1. An alienated literature
      2. History of a myth
      3. African philosophy, myth, and reality
      4. Philosophy and its revolutions

      Part Two: Analyses
      5. An African philosopher in Germany in the eighteenth century: Anton-Wilhelm Amo
      6. The end of 'Nkrumaism' and the (re)birth of Nkrumah
      7. The idea of philosophy in Nkrumah's Consciencism
      8. True and false pluralism

      Postscript
      Notes and references
      Index

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