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Dubgen, Franziska.

Paulin HountondjiAfrican philosophy as critical universalism /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Paulin Hountondjiby Franziska Dubgen, Stefan Skupien.
Reminder of title:	African philosophy as critical universalism /
Author:	Dubgen, Franziska.
other author:	Skupien, Stefan.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2019.
Description:	xi, 192 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Philosophy, African.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01995-2
ISBN:	9783030019952$q(electronic bk.)

Paulin HountondjiAfrican philosophy as critical universalism /
Dubgen, Franziska.

Paulin HountondjiAfrican philosophy as critical universalism /[electronic resource] :by Franziska Dubgen, Stefan Skupien. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2019. - xi, 192 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Global political thinkers. - Global political thinkers..

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Hountondji's Critique of Ethnophilosophy and his Notion of African Philosophy -- Chapter 3: The Debate on Ethnophilosophy between Hountondji and his Contemporary Critics -- Chapter 4: Path-clearing: Philosophy and History, Scientific Dependency, and Hountondji's Turn to Endogenous Knowledge -- Chapter 5: Hountondji as a Public Intellectual and his Political Career -- Chapter 6: New Approaches to Scientific Dependency and Extraversion: Southern Theory, Epistemic Justice and the Quest to Decolonize Academia -- Chapter 7: Hountondji's Notion of Culture and his Critique of Identitarian Politics -- Chapter 8: Debating the Universal as an Unfinished Project and Regulative Ideal -- Chapter 9: A Preliminary Conclusion.

Paulin J. Hountondji is one of the most important and controversial figures in contemporary African philosophy. His critique of ethnophilosophy as a colonial, exoticising and racialized undertaking provoked contentious debates among African intellectuals on the proper methods and scope of philosophy and science in an African and global context since the 1970s. His radical pledge for scientific autonomy from the global system of knowledge production made him turn to endogenous forms of practising science in academia. The horizon of his philosophy is the quest for critical universality from a historical, and situated perspective. Finally, his call for a notion of culture that is antithetical to political movements focused on a single identitarian doctrine or exclusionary norms shows how timely his political thought remains to this day. This book gives a comprehensive overview of Hountondji's philosophical arguments and provides detailed information on the historical and political background of his intellectual oeuvre. It situates Hountondji in the dialogue with his African colleagues and explores links to current debates in philosophy, cultural studies, postcolonialism and the social sciences. Franziska Dubgen is a Professor in Political Philosophy at the University of Munster, Germany. She held fellowships at the New School for Social Research, New York, the IASS, Potsdam, and the Lichtenberg-Kolleg for Advanced Study, Gottingen. Her research interests include African philosophy, theories of justice, postcolonialism, gender, punishment/incarceration, and contemporary political philosophy. She is currently co-directing a research project on diversity, power and justice in contemporary African and Arabo-islamic philosophy. Stefan Skupien is a postdoctoral researcher focusing on the sociology and politics of North-South science cooperation. His research interests include constitutional politics, history of political thought, and solidarity in the European Union. He has been involved in international networks, working towards intercultural conversations and to radically extend the horizon in German debates about African issues. Together with Franziska Dubgen, he edited the first anthology on African political philosophy in German in 2015, Afrikanische Politische Philosophie. Postkoloniale Positionen.

ISBN: 9783030019952$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-01995-2doiSubjects--Personal Names:

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Hountondji, Paulin J.,
1942-Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Philosophy, African.

LC Class. No.: B5320 / .D865 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 199.66

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