Ebook: L'ancien et le Nouveau. La production du savoir dans l'Afrique d'aujourd'hui
Author: Paulin J. Hountondji
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Langaa Research & Publishing CIG
- City: Mankon, Bamenda
- Language: French
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Comment s’articulent en Afrique, dans le domaine du savoir et du savoir-faire, 1’ancien et le nouveau ? Que savions-nous hier, et que savons-nous aujourd’hui ? Quelle était hier, quelle est aujourd’hui la part du mythe dans ce que nous croyons savoir ? Et comment définir, dans chaque cas, le noyau dur des connaissances solides et universellement valables? Quels droits et quels devoirs nous reconnaissions nous en tant qu’êtres humains, en tant que femmes, en tant qu’enfants, en tant que peuples ou nations, et quelle conscience avons-nous aujourd’hui de ces droits et devoirs? Quel est l’impact de ce qu’on appelle aujourd’hui la mondialisation sur l’évolution du savoir, du savoir-faire, et de cette conscience des droits et devoirs ? Aces questions, et a d’autres qui y sont liées, le présent ouvrage apporte quelques éléments de réponse. C’est le résultat d’un colloque tenu à Cotonou en octobre 2006 sur le thème : «Savoirs traditionnels et science moderne.» Il est dédié à la mémoire de Georg Elwert, africaniste allemand disparu en 2005, dont les travaux sur le Benin, l’Afrique et le Tiers-Monde restent une source d’inspiration pour beaucoup.
How are the ‘old’ and the ‘new' expressed in the field of knowledge and know-how? What did we know yesterday, and what do we know today? What was, yesterday, and what is, today, the mythical part in what we believe we know? And how do we define, in each case, the core of concrete and universally valid knowledges? What rights and duties do we acclaim as human beings, as women, as children, as peoples or nations, and what understanding do we today have of these rights and duties? What is the impact, of what we today call globalisation, on the evolution of knowledge, know-how, and the awareness of such rights and duties? To these questions, and to other related ones, this book provides some answers. It is the result of a conference held in Cotonou in October 2006, on the theme “Traditional knowledges and modern science”. It is dedicated to the memory of Georg Elwert, a German Africanist who passed away in 2005, and whose work on Benin, Africa and the Third World remains a source of inspiration for many.
How are the ‘old’ and the ‘new' expressed in the field of knowledge and know-how? What did we know yesterday, and what do we know today? What was, yesterday, and what is, today, the mythical part in what we believe we know? And how do we define, in each case, the core of concrete and universally valid knowledges? What rights and duties do we acclaim as human beings, as women, as children, as peoples or nations, and what understanding do we today have of these rights and duties? What is the impact, of what we today call globalisation, on the evolution of knowledge, know-how, and the awareness of such rights and duties? To these questions, and to other related ones, this book provides some answers. It is the result of a conference held in Cotonou in October 2006, on the theme “Traditional knowledges and modern science”. It is dedicated to the memory of Georg Elwert, a German Africanist who passed away in 2005, and whose work on Benin, Africa and the Third World remains a source of inspiration for many.
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