Tempels’s book unsettled colonial ideology among its defenders

Evidence

Mudimbe notes that Tempels’s book “cast doubts on the greatness of the colonial venture” and provoked the anger of those who “considered the right to colonize as a natural right” (Mudimbe, 1988, p. 137). In addition, Hountondji observes that Tempels was a voice for humanitarianism and social justice within the framework of colonialism. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 504

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Tempels’ book changed European and African self-conceptions despite professional criticism — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 592; Tempels’s text shaped African philosophy’s identity despite its errors
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Tempels’ book changed European and African self-conceptions despite professional criticism — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 592; Tempels’s text shaped African philosophy’s identity despite its errors