The struggle for meaning
Subtitle: reflections on philosophy, culture, and democracy in Africa
By: Paulin J. Hountondji ; translated by John Conteh-Morgan ; with a foreword by K. Anthony Appiah.
Series: Research in international studies.; no. 78
Publisher: Ohio University Center for International Studies
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Philosophy, African.
Description: "The Struggle for Meaning is a landmark publication by one of African philosophy's leading figures, Paulin J. Hountondji, best known for his critique of ethnophilosophy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In this volume, he responds with autobiographical and philosophical reflection to the dialogue and controversy he has provoked.

He discusses the ideas routed in the work of such thinkers as Husserl and Hountondji's former teachers Derrida Althusser and Ricoeur, that helped shape his critique and applies them to such issues as the nexus between scientific extraversion and economic dependence, and between the emergence of philosophies of the subject in Africa and political pluralism.".

"While the book's immediate concern is with Africa, the theoretical nature of its analyses and its bearing on postmodern theories of the "Other" will make this translation of great interest to many disciplines especially ethnic gender and multicultural studies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-305) and index.