The Struggle for Meaning: Reflections on Philosophy, Culture, and Democracy in Africa

by Paulin J. Hountondji

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, rooted in the work of such thinkers as Husserl and Hountondji's former teachers Derrida, Althusser,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896802256
• ISBN13: 9780896802254
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 8.3"