Conceptual Take-Off Conditions for a Bantu Philosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4820852 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Franz Crahay (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1965 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 52 |
| Pages | 55-78 |
| Publication date | 1965-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diogenes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0392-1921 • E-ISSN: 1467-7695 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/039219216501305204 |
| OpenAlex | W2090901988 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
We still cannot speak of a Bantu philosophy today-or, more generally, of a Negro-African philosophy-without referring first of all to a pioneer work: La philosophie Bantou, by R. P. Tempels, which in 1948 created for the first time an orthodoxy in this hitherto unexplored, or nearly unexplored, field. The fact that this orthodoxy has become accepted would certainly not be enough to justify a heresy. But there may, however, be good reasons to reject it.In its time R. P. Tempels' work was well received, on the whole with sympathy by the Europeans whom it endeavored to reach, and with unreserved enthusiasm by the intellectuals of Central and West Africa, for whom it opened a way back to their native roots. Quite apart at the moment from any question of philosophy, the author interpreted something essentially and inherently African
Bantu languages · Epistemology · Linguistics · Sociology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2024 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |