{"product_id":"9780253113795","title":"African Philosophy, Second Edition: Myth and Reality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Hountondji... writes not as an 'African' philosopher but as a\u003cbr\u003e philosopher on Africa.... Hountondji's deep understanding of any civilization as\u003cbr\u003e necessarily pluralistic, and often even self-contradicting as it evolves, is simply\u003cbr\u003e magisterial.... This is a precious gem of a book for anyone who wishes to reflect on\u003cbr\u003e civilization and culture.\" -- Choice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this incisive, original\u003cbr\u003e exploration of the nature and future of African philosophy, Paulin J. Hountondji\u003cbr\u003e attacks a myth popularized by ethnophilosophers such as Placide Tempels and Alexis\u003cbr\u003e Kagame that there is an indigenous, collective African philosophy separate and\u003cbr\u003e distinct from the Western philosophical tradition. Hountondji contends that\u003cbr\u003e ideological manifestations of this view that stress the uniqueness of the African\u003cbr\u003e experience are protonationalist reactions against colonialism conducted,\u003cbr\u003e paradoxically, in the terms of colonialist discourse. Hountondji argues that a\u003cbr\u003e genuine African philosophy must assimilate and transcend the theoretical heritage of\u003cbr\u003e Western philosophy and must reflect a rigorous process of independent scientific\u003cbr\u003e inquiry. This edition is updated with a new preface in which Hountondji responds to\u003cbr\u003e his critics and clarifies misunderstandings about the book's conceptual\u003cbr\u003e framework.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120364994800,"sku":"9780253113795","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253113795","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}