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AN INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN AESTHETICS: HISTORY, THEORY AND THEORETICIANS. By Mini Chandran and Sreenath V. S. New Delhi: Bloomsbury, 2021. xii + 218 pp
Get PDFLa philosophie: écriture ou pensée? Pour une relecture critique de Paulin Hountondji
No full textNowadays, Paulin Hountondji is considered as a great critic of a certain type of philosophy that occurred in Africa during the ’60s and which was called ethnophilosophy by him and Marcien Towa. However, a precise look at Hountondji’s arguments against the idea of an “African philosophy” reveals a worry, especially concerning his use of Writing. This article tries to reexamine this argument in order to draw the headlines of a critical approach to his major book: African Philosophy: Myth or Reality? We intend to show that because of his skimpy vision of African culture, Hountondji could only attain to a skimpy vision of African philosophy
AN INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN AESTHETICS: HISTORY, THEORY AND THEORETICIANS. By Mini Chandran and Sreenath V. S. New Delhi: Bloomsbury, 2021. xii + 218 pp
No full textMarcien Towa, father of Cameroonian Critical Theory: A comparison with Max Horkheimer
Get PDFIn this paper, I examine the extent to which Marcien Towa (1931-2014) can be considered the Father of Cameroonian Critical Theory. In this regard, I compare what can be called his social philosophy with the project of a critical theory of society, as outlined by Max Horkheimer (1895-1973). I specifically consider Marcien Towa’s idea of philosophy, which I confront with Horkheimer’s project from the perspectives offered by their sociopolitical premises, conceptual references, and progressive goals. On each of these aspects, I discover sufficient correspondences that allow me to argue that Towa and Horkheimer, who barely knew each other, formulated a somewhat similar claim, namely to provide a critical theory of society, whose aim is not only to understand society but more importantly to change it
Résister à la lecture sartrienne de Fanon
Get PDFDans cet article, j’essaie de dévoiler le contenu de vérité de la préface que Sartre rédigea pour Les damnés de la terre de Frantz Fanon. Je tenterai précisément de montrer que ce texte sert — et a effectivement servi — à paralyser l’analyse de Fanon et à la neutraliser. J’argumenterai donc en faveur de la résistance vis-à-vis d’une telle situation
La philosophie: écriture ou pensée? Pour une relecture critique de Paulin Hountondji
No full textNowadays, Paulin Hountondji is considered as a great critic of a certain type of philosophy that occurred in Africa during the ’60s and which was called ethnophilosophy by him and Marcien Towa. However, a precise look at Hountondji’s arguments against the idea of an “African philosophy” reveals a worry, especially concerning his use of Writing. This article tries to reexamine this argument in order to draw the headlines of a critical approach to his major book: African Philosophy: Myth or Reality? We intend to show that because of his skimpy vision of African culture, Hountondji could only attain to a skimpy vision of African philosophy
Marcien Towa, father of Cameroonian Critical Theory: A comparison with Max Horkheimer
No full textIn this paper, I examine the extent to which Marcien Towa (1931-2014) can be considered the Father of Cameroonian Critical Theory. In this regard, I compare what can be called his social philosophy with the project of a critical theory of society, as outlined by Max Horkheimer (1895-1973). I specifically consider Marcien Towa’s idea of philosophy, which I confront with Horkheimer’s project from the perspectives offered by their sociopolitical premises, conceptual references, and progressive goals. On each of these aspects, I discover sufficient correspondences that allow me to argue that Towa and Horkheimer, who barely knew each other, formulated a somewhat similar claim, namely to provide a critical theory of society, whose aim is not only to understand society but more importantly to change it
The Idea of colonial Industry in Jean Godefroy Bidima and the Critique of Fabien Eboussi Boulaga
Get PDFThe Idea of colonial Industry in Jean Godefroy Bidima and the Critique of Fabien Eboussi Boulaga
No full textMarcien Towa, father of Cameroonian Critical Theory: a comparison with Max Horkheimer
Get PDFIn this paper, I examine the extent to which Marcien Towa (1931-2014) can be considered the Father of Cameroonian Critical Theory. In this regard, I compare what can be called his social philosophy with the project of a critical theory of society, as outlined by Max Horkheimer (1895-1973). I specifically consider Marcien Towa’s idea of philosophy, which I confront with Horkheimer’s project from the perspectives offered by their sociopolitical premises, conceptual references, and progressive goals. On each of these aspects, I discover sufficient correspondences that allow me to argue that Towa and Horkheimer, who barely knew each other, formulated a somewhat similar claim, namely to provide a critical theory of society, whose aim is not only to understand society but more importantly to change it
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